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A fifth (22%) of people fund their funerals through life insurance policies, research by Royal London has found.

A review of dementia care by the Care Quality Commission has found patients moving between care homes and hospitals are likely to experience poor care.

There was a 61% jump in the number of financial promotions withdrawn or amended by the FCA in the last year, from 204 in 2012/13 up to 328 in 2013/14, according to Bovill, the specialist financial services regulatory consultancy.

GPs expect to refer just a third of eligible patients to the incoming Fit for Work (FfW) service and want it to be extended to people not working.

Network Mortgage Intelligence has sharpened its focus on protection sales by introducing critical illness comparison site CIExpert for its mortgage advisers to use.

More life insurers are writing policies for people with HIV but critical illness and income protection policies are still unavailable despite 61% of people surveyed saying they would 'consider' taking out a policy.

The Health and Work Service (HWS) is expected to be renamed for a second time by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The Prudential Regulation Authority's (PRA) consultation into increasing compensation payable under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) could affect protection policies, a consultancy has said.

Beagle Street has recently launched an advertising campaign called 'Life Insurance Reborn.'

The majority of over 50s are unlikely to support giving up many of their free universal benefits in exchange for more funding for health and care.