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Legal & General (L&G) has launched a pilot scheme offering 2 hours of free legal support to terminal and critical illness claimants.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out plans to cut regulatory fees by reallocating advisers who have permissions to hold client money or safeguard and administer assets to different fee blocks.

UHY Hacker Young is warning that as many as a third of taxpayers on PAYE may have the wrong tax code due to issuing errors by HMRC.

More than a quarter of advisers saw preparation and implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) as the "toughest" period in their professional life, a survey has found.

Despite the obvious risks, patients have admitted they would rather seek medical advice from other sources than wait for a GP appointment.

Group Risk Connect, the online adviser software to generate and administer group quote data, has improved its system's abilities and announced a new insurance partner.

Following the acquisition of Avelo by IRESS in September, IRESS is to bring Avelo under the IRESS brand from the 1st of November.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has hired trend forecaster the Future Foundation to conduct a review of the ombudsman's role in the changing world of financial services.

Broker trade body to implement initial outcomes of its strategic review.

Improvements in electronic communication with customers and advisers will be key to driving revenue opportunities for providers in 2014 industry, analysts have said.