Money Advice Service

The #LiveLifeProtectIt campaign has launched to encourage consumers to save for a rainy day or take out protection insurance.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has confirmed that its head of protection and health insurance, Helen White, has moved across to the Money Advice Service (MAS) on secondment.

Teresa Fritz is to join the executive committee of the Income Protection Task Force from 1 April 2015.

An independent review of the Money Advice Service (MAS) will recommend it cuts more than half its staff and reduce its budget by as much as 38%, according to a report.

Almost 1.6 million more consumers contacted the Money Advice Service (MAS) in the last three months than in the same period last year, latest figures show.

The Money Advice Service has announced that it is supporting the Seven Families campaign.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has written to the Money Advice Service (MAS) and The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) to suggest they change their names to better reflect the services they offer.

Unum has urged the government to improve take-up of income protection (IP) through four key steps including channels such as the Money Advice Service (MAS) raising awareness of sickness absence.

The industry has criticised the Money Advice Service (MAS) chief executive's recent comments, saying she is worried about the ethics of financial advisers, as "unfair" and "threatening to undermine the hard work the sector is doing to overcome mistrust"....

Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said he has confidence the Money Advice Service (MAS) is a "competent organisation", though said it faces a huge operational challenge to deliver the free financial guidance...