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Advisers have overcome the biggest hurdles they were confronted with as a result of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to a poll, with the number reporting they are still in "survival mode" having halved.

Zurich has launched a free and confidential support service for its protection customers and their immediate families.

UnderwriteMe has gone live, as Exeter Family Friendly, Scottish Provident, Scottish Friendly and SunLife are now using UnderwriteMe software within their own propositions, with three further insurers set to go-live in the next quarter.

Towers Watson has assessed insurer's investment implications in case of a Scottish of ‘Yes' vote.

Laws governing insurance contracts are to be updated by the government to provide more modern rules and to bring Britain in line with other countries.

Pre-paid funeral plan sales have hit a new half-year record, the total plans sold in the first six months of 2014 were almost equal to the whole of 2008's sales.

Changes to the private medical insurance-associated Visa rules in Qatar means firms operating in the region may find themselves short-staffed if they don't adapt to new reforms.

Breast cancer is the most commonly claimed for condition among men and women amounting to almost a quarter (24%) of claims, Aviva has revealed.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) will today meet with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as it continues to push the regulator over an adviser long-stop.

Income protection provider British Friendly has appointed Roy McLoughlin of adviser firm Master Adviser as a new non-executive director.