Protection

Sesame is offering to train unqualified IFA support staff with its member firms to sell general insurance (GI).

Underlying earnings before tax at Aegon UK slumped 79% to just £7m in the first three months of the year as lower fund-related charges hit the firm's pensions business.

Friends Provident chief executive Trevor Matthews today urged the UK Government to embrace the Australian life cover model.

A website providing case studies, sales aids and information on individual income protection (IP) for advisers has been launched by Unum.

Legal & General (L&G) is set to cut an extra 560 jobs, brining the total number of staff lost this year to more than 1,000.

Equitable Life investors fighting for compensation say the UK Government is more interested in the settlement rights of Gurkhas than it is in their plight.

I was reading an article on the BBC news site about how the sound of the Cuckoo heralds the start of spring.

Canada Life Group Insurance has introduced a one-time underwriting policy on its group life schemes.

US financial giant The Hartford has announced it is suspending selling new insurance and investment policies in the UK as a result of the continued financial turmoil.

Adviser demand has prompted LV= to extend its offer of free critical illness (CI) cover for new customers taking out an income protection (IP) plan to the end of the year.