budget

‘Foundation’ level

Mental health crisis service announced by Chancellor

Chancellor George Osborne has announced changes to the benefits system, including lowering the cap on benefits and changes to the Employment and Support Allowance.

The chancellor George Osborne has announced that the threshold for inheritance tax for a couple will rise to £1m.

Six things advisers need to know

The Budget's lack of detail on what the Diverted Profits Tax means for the reinsurance industry by Colin Graham UK insurance tax leader at PwC.

Mazars' has produced a wishlist for the budget, including reducing the rate of insurance premium tax (IPT) to 0%.

Unum is not backing industry discussions around auto-enrolment(AE) for group risk and is instead calling on the government to introduce a temporary tax relief for SMEs with group income protection (GIP) plans.

The King's Fund has called for more money to be found in the autumn statement to prevent a financial crisis in the NHS.

Huw Evans will succeed Otto Thoresen as director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in February 2015.