United Kingdom

Best Practice | 1 Apr 16

With advisers scrambling to stay up-to-date with an ever-changing market, SimplyBiz and Bankhall have both announced that they will host UK workshops aimed at supporting advisers’ ongoing development.

Companies | 31 Mar 16

Royal London’s new life and pensions business rose 40% to £6.8bn ($9.7bn, €8.6bn) in 2015, following improved operating efficiency initiatives embedded across the business.

Products | 30 Mar 16

Emerald Life, a new UK insurance provider aimed at the LGBT community, launched Wednesday announcing that it offers home, term life, wedding and pet insurance to cater to the nation’s 2.2 million LGBT adults over 30 potentially looking to buy insurance.

Companies | 30 Mar 16

Financial services firms in the UK received 2.11 million new complaints between July and December 2015, a decrease of 1.4% compared with the previous six months, according to the Financial Conduct Authority.

Tax & Regulation | 30 Mar 16

Reforms announced by chancellor George Osborne earlier this month could mean that non-UK domiciles are thousands of pounds better off if they hold onto their overseas assets until after they change their status, Rachael Griffin, the financial planning expert at Old Mutual Wealth, has said.