FSA, Britain's new financial super-regulator, reprimanded the country's largest life assurer, Prudential , for mismanaging its salesforce.

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Last month, First National Bank and Southern Life, the country's fourth-largest life assurer, told their shareholders they were talking.

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Sanlam, a life assurer, suggests that firms with comprehensive health policies may also avoid sharp rises in life, disability and medical insurance premiums.

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Not to be left out, Liberty Life, the third-biggest life assurer, is forging a close alliance with Standard Bank, Africa's largest banking group.

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