Treasury

The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation paper to introduce a accountability regime for insurance.

The Approved Persons Regime (APR) has been described as not fit for purpose in a Treasury Committee report.

Over £3 billion a year will be spent on integrated health and social care, chancellor George Osborne pledged today in the 2013 Spending Review.

Nicola Culley gets some straight talking from Louise Colley, Aviva's head of protection sales and marketing.

Exeter Family Friendly chief executive Andy Chapman remains committed to the virtue of simplicity.

MPs have continued to heap criticism on the Money Advice Service (MAS), with questions being raised about the lack of focus in its role.

MPs on the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) will question financial secretary Mark Hoban on the Money Advice Service (MAS) later this week.

Simple term life insurance and income replacement products have been proposed in an independent steering group report to encourage consumer engagement with the industry.

A shadow minister has claimed the FSA's Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) initiative has failed to adequately protect consumers.

Advisers have given the Treasury's simple products initiative a tentative thumbs up while recognising that the financial services industry is overly complicated.