Individual Protection

The FSA has proposed changes to its complaints handling procedure as it reveals pure protection grievances continued to grow in the first half of the year.

Aegon will retain its UK life insurance and protection businesses after outlining the latest stage of plans to cut costs by 25%.

Friends Provident is unveiling a new protection toolkit and a website which it says has been developed in response to feedback from advisers

Swiss Re has revealed a €10tr gap in European life insurance coverage and believes the industry needs to be bolder in selling the affordability and benefits of life cover.

Protection specialists have welcomed the conclusions on the sale of pure protection released today by the FSA in PS10/13.

The FSA has confirmed group business is exempted from commission disclosure requirements laid out in PS10/13, since it was not the intention of the RDR to bring commercial group risk into its scope.

Firms can 'make a judgement' about when pure protection services are associated with investment advice as the FSA settles on a more relaxed disclosure regime under COBS.

Openwork is running a series of road shows to mark the launch of its new protection panel.

I was saddened to read of the death of the French cyclist and sporting icon Laurent Fignon.

Pioneer and Exeter Friendly have confirmed they will come together under the Exeter Family Friendly name and the provider says it will focus on selling its products through intermediaries.