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Willis Group holdings has appointed Nicolas Aubert as CEO designate of Willis UK Insurance, which includes its UK retail and global speciality businesses.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was born in the aftermath of a crisis, so that is all it knows, but it has laid the groundwork for making markets work well again, its chairman John-Griffith Jones is expected to say in a speech on Thursday.

Patients are waiting more than 30 days to get the results of x-rays and scans interpreted by a radiologist, a report by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has found.

Aegon's protection business 'thrived' this quarter with earnings in Q3 2014 from the protection business up 30% on 2013's year-to-date figure.

Bank of England policymakers expect inflation to fall below 1% over the next six months, according to the latest quarterly Inflation Report.

NHS England has announced that changes to the Cancer Drugs Fund will go ahead and they will evaluate the ‘cost effectiveness' of medicines available through the Fund for the first time.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has negotiated new discounts for members which it claims could save smaller firms up to £300 a year in running costs.

NHS England has been criticised in a report on out-of-hours GP services from the Public Accounts Committee.

Legal & General (L&G) has responded to the call from the ABI for protection to have a greater role in reducing the state's welfare burden.

Friends Life has reported an 11% increase in its protection business; its Q3 2014 results have shown.