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AIG Europe Limited has reported a net premium increase from £1.12bn to £1.19bn as a result of a focus on new business activity and underwriting discipline.

Lloyds Banking Group has been accused of using a regulatory loophole to cut the amount of compensation it pays to customers mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), a BBC investigation has claimed.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has warned advisers that "ticking all the boxes from a compliance point of view" may not be enough to win in a complaint case.

Six out of ten GPs are considering early retirement as general practice struggles to cope with rising workload according to a new British Medical Association tracker of GP opinion.

LV= has announced changes to its income protection (IP) policies including a move to 100%‘own occupation' underwriting and improvements to cover for homemakers.

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to express concern about the effect of unauthorised lead-generation websites on the PMI industry.

A mortgage broker has been jailed for six years after fraudulently obtaining almost £3.5m from clients in the North East.

A number of cultural and financial barriers appear set to impede the take-up of the shared parental leave scheme, according to a report by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

Paradigm Group has announced the launch of a protection and insurance proposition, Paradigm Protect.

The Protection Review has teamed up with the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) to provide independent specialist protection training across the industry.