The deal, which is for an undisclosed sum, continues the French insurer's foray into financial services distribution. It purchased IFA business Thinc in 2006 and added PIFC Consulting to its portfolio of...
Mike Izzard is expected to be confirmed as chairman at the meeting, promising to promote the interests of the medical insurance adviser community in government and elsewhere.Izzard, who is managing director of...
L&G says the acquisition, which is still subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. will enable it to accelerate its push into the mass affluent market. The management team at Suffolk Life will...
The Budget rubber-stamped changes to income tax and National Insurance (NI) first announced by Gordon Brown last year. The main changes, which take effect from April 2008, are the 10 per cent...
In last month's Budget Darling confirmed that the rate of CGT is to switch to a flat rate of 18 per cent and the annual limit that employees can earn from a...
The Treasury has relaxed its approach to offshore trusts and the introduction of double taxation relief which means non-doms will now not be taxed twice on the same income and capital gains.Non-doms...
The pensions and financial services firm is calling on the FSA to order that pension transfers from final salary schemes on a direct offer or execution only basis are not appropriate.In a...
The new charge shapes give advisers and their clients more flexibility in determining the level of advice required and how it is paid for.Until now Aegon's group Sipp could only be sold...
The near-constant state of change faced by corporate intermediaries can at times feel bewildering. Whether it is the rearrangement of the regulatory landscape for advice, or the pulling of the rug from...
Standard Life's Attitudes to Healthcare survey, also found that three in 10 small business bosses believe they should be directly involved in supporting their employees' health and wellbeing.The research found 77 per...
