Standard Life has successfully sued its professional indemnity insurers for about £100m to recover losses related to its Pension Sterling Fund.

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High quality financial advice during de-risking exercises is crucial to ensuring the process is open and fair to members, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

Updated: The FTSE dropped more than 3% in the first six minutes of trade on Friday as it tracked US and Asian markets sharply lower amid the ongoing global sell-off.

The European Parliament has backed calls for the implementation of Solvency II to be delayed until 2014, a year later than planned.

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EUROPE - The Treasury has confirmed new European rules outlawing the use of gender in underwriting will not affect policies taken out before 21 December 2012.

The Treasury has confirmed new European rules outlawing the use of gender in underwriting will not affect policies taken out before 21 December 2012.

Aegon UK is to cut 213 jobs and outsource a further 106 within its life and pensions business as part of a cost-cutting exercise.

UK - The UK inflation rate rose to 4% in January, which is double the government's target and up from 3.7% the previous month.