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The UK's economic recovery is "not yet secure", Chancellor George Osborne has warned, ahead of next month's Budget.

Aegon's UK business has reported a £5m fall in earnings before tax for the final quarter of last year, which it said is the result of a £7m spend on technology including on a non-advised platform.

Across England and Wales one in 25 people (4.3 per cent of the usual private household population; 2.4 million people) have self-reported they are in ‘good' health despite a disability, the 2011 census found.

The only way the government's new Health and Work Service (HWS) can work effectively is if "people are forced" to take part, says Jelf Employee Benefits head of benefits strategy Steve Herbert.

Monetary Policy Committee members predict any rise in the Bank base rate, currently at 0.5%, which occurs over the next two to three years will be gradual.

Westfield Health has unveiled a series of free IFA roadshow dates, in a bid to debunk the myths surrounding health cover and help boost advisers' income.

Ageas Protect has reported a 17% decrease in its annual premiums reflecting a ‘continued subdued market in individual protection.'

The executive board of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is concerned about the rate at which its staff leave the organisation, and is also considering an independent review into its decision making processes, minutes of its latest meeting have revealed....

Which? has renewed calls for the insurance industry to bar the use of premium rate phone lines for customers.

Specialist insurer, UK General, has designed a bespoke income protection policy in a deal with Best Insurance.