Individual Protection
Critical Illness
The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has entered discussions with a number of stakeholders over the launch of a trade body for protection.
15 April 2013
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Critical Illness
A direct-to-consumer online protection provider has responded to claims that its critical illness cover is too basic, by stressing that the product will continue to develop as its simple online processes evolve.
08 April 2013
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Critical Illness
Advisers and providers reiterated the "catastrophe" that would befall the advice sector if the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) read across a ban on commission in the retail investment market to protection.
19 March 2013
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Critical Illness
Aviva has added second opinion and practical guidance services to its critical illness (CI) products for advised clients.
18 March 2013
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Regulation
A suite of simple products designed to help consumers navigate the financial services market is to include a whole-of-life insurance plan.
13 March 2013
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Income Protection
Protection provider Cirencester Friendly has called for an industry standard for disclosing income protection (IP) claims statistics.
12 March 2013
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Business
Tom Baigrie, the chief executive of protection broker LifeSearch, has hit out at product providers for pretending to "police" advisers' relationships with their customers, a practice he dubbed "institutional petty theft".
08 March 2013
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