A former Prudential executive has been named as Zurich chief executive for the UK.

More than a quarter (27%) of financial advisers are working longer hours with some working more than two hours extra each day compared with a year ago. One in 25 work 70 hours or more each week, according to new research.

Prudential has appointed a new chief executive and executive director of Prudential with immediate effect.

Expectations among workers that they will retire roughly four years younger than their State Pension age are unrealistic, a report has warned.