Aviva is to cut more than 6% of its global workforce with 2000 roles across the UK, Europe and Asia being made redundant.

Comparison sites are failing to provide consumers with the best deal and should be strictly regulated, Which? has said.

From December, life insurance policies will become the same for men and women. 
Rachel Dalton finds out what IFAs need to do to prepare for the change.

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has called for the government to cut pensions tax relief to 26% for people earning more than £150,000 per year.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed a set of rules dictating how firms which sold payment protection insurance (PPI) must contact potential mis-selling victims to inform them of their rights.

MPs on the Health Select Committee (HSC) have urged the government to stimulate the long term care (LTC) insurance market.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Combined Insurance Company of America (CICA) £2.8m because its poor management of staff put customers at risk of being treated unfairly.

IFAs have claimed providers of individual protection products consistently fail to meet their expectations in dealing with existing business, Defaqto said.

A specialist insurance provider has been disciplined by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for an advert branded "provocative" and "degrading".

Almost three quarters of people aged over 55 believe paying for long-term care (LTC) should not be an individual's responsibility, Aviva research suggests.