Five key developments all advisers should know
Aviva has updated its protection offering, allowing multi-product quotes for the first time, live case tracking and a promise of 10% extra commission for advisers using its 'interactive' underwriting mode.
Mortgage adviser network Pink Home Loans is to ask intermediaries wishing to join the group to provide proof they have an income protection (IP) policy, or to explain their reasons for not being covered.
Kevin Carr's verdicts on five recent developments
Phoenix Life is reviewing the charges on its Scottish Provident unit-linked funds after refunding a former financial adviser who realised he had been overcharged for years.
The public may view all protection products as "toxic" following the payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling scandal, according to the chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Insurance and Financial Services.
Kevin Carr's verdicts on five key developments in the past month
Mortgage network Pink has said all its intermediaries will now discuss income protection with clients from the first meeting onwards.
National advice firm Lighthouse Group has launched a "holistic" mortgage and protection advice service in response to demand from clients.
Friends Life has launched the first employer funded group cancer workplace benefit in the UK.