<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/wcm/site/xsl/brand/adviser-rebrand-2009/dataviews/news/formatting.xsl"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>LV= Adviser News</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news--events</link><description>News feed of news items from LV= Adviser site.</description><copyright xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil">this is the copyright message </copyright><generator>Continuity CMS</generator><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>Income Protection price changes</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2819328</link><description>Due to the competitive nature of the protection market we have taken the opportunity to reshape the premium rates for Income Protection available in our Flexible Protection Plan. </description><author>LV= news</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2012-02-01--><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:00</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>LV= announces second Equity Release cut</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2820384</link><description>Equity release specialist LV= today announces it is cutting rates on its lifetime and flexible lifetime mortgages. This is the second cut of the year.</description><author>Press Release</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2012-02-01--><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:41:04</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>Equity release bootcamp **Stop Press** extra date added!</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2806273</link><description>LV= are keen to support advisers any way we can, that's why we've created a series of road shows for new entrants into the market. You may still be considering moving into the equity release market, or in the process of studying for your ER1 exam, but we're sure you'll find something of interest.</description><author>LV= Event</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2012-01-27--><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:37:40</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>Cost of a child increases to £218,000</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2815960</link><description>The annual Cost a Child Report from protection and retirement specialist LV=, reveals the cost of raising a child from birth to their 21st birthday now totals a record £218,024. This equates to £10,382 a year, £865 a month or £28.44 a day.</description><author>Press release</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2012-01-26--><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:22:32</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>LV= launches microsite for advisers</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2811101</link><description>Retirement specialist LV= has launched a new pensions microsite www.LV.com/2012opportunities to provide advisers with greater clarity on forthcoming technical changes to pensions legislation.</description><author>Press Release</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2012-01-23--><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:21:14</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>LV= enhances protection underwriting rules</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2805488</link><description>Protection specialist LV= has announced changes to its underwriting rules which will result in an increase in the number of applications receiving an immediate online decision. Products benefiting from these changes are life cover, critical illness and income protection applied for through LV='s Flexible Protection Plan.</description><author>Press release</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2012-01-13--><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:53:52</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>LV= announces Equity Release cut</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2802284</link><description>Equity release specialist LV= has announced a rate cut on its lifetime and flexible lifetime mortgages. </description><author>Press Release</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2012-01-04--><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:19:23</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>LV= enhances protection proposition on Avelo</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2782424</link><description>Protection specialist LV= today announces that IFAs will now be able to quote and apply for its budget income protection (IP) product through the largest comparison portal in the market, Avelo Exchange.</description><author>Press release</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2011-12-01--><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:58:55</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>John Perks comments on today's Autumn Statement announcement on the state pension age</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2778862</link><description>John Perks, LV= Managing Director of Retirement Solutions, comments on today's Autumn Statement announcement on the state pension age.</description><author>Press release</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2011-11-29--><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:52:28</pubDate></item><item xmlns:StringUtil="urn:StringUtil"><title>Mark Jones, LV= head of protection, comments on today's Autumn Statement announcement on free nursery places</title><link>http://www.lv.com/adviser/working-with-lv/news_detail?articleid=2778980</link><description>Mark Jones, LV= head of protection, comments on today's Autumn Statement announcement on free nursery places</description><author>Press release</author><!--yyymmddDate= 2011-11-29--><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:21:57</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
