Protection

A new lead generation provider has launched on the protection and mortgage markets with plans to enter the pensions and investments sectors later this year.

Just 4% of the population has made firm plans to fund their future long-term care (LTC) needs while two thirds (63%) have not even considered the matter, according to ABI research.

Peter Chadborn believes the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) may provide an opportunity for advisers to secure clients that banks cannot afford to service.

Capita-owned National Dental Plan has announced Andrew Bower as its new managing director.

Up to 250,000 people with dementia receive care and support that fails to meet their needs, resulting in 50,000 people being forced into care homes early, an Alzheimer's Society report has found.

Which? has called for regulators to ensure protection products meet minimum standards.

Former Legal & General IFA sales director Iain Clark will join LV= as director of protection.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) is inviting nominations for its 2011 Young Broker of the Year Award.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has seen a significant increase in membership over the past six months.

Paul Hudson, CEO of Cirencester Friendly, welcomes recent FSA proposals to exempt certain Holloway-style protection products from the RDR's fee-charging and professionalism rules, but insists there is still work to be done.