Protection

Income protection should be one of the first protection products considered as part of financial planning for people below retirement age. This is a comment I'm sure you've read before and I have no doubt you'll read again.

The Financial Services Authority has issued a handbook notice confirming the ‘Age 70' rule will be removed with effect from the beginning of June.

I recently had to go at one of those psychometric tests. You know the ones where some human nature theory is linked to 200 questions, all of which are intricately cross-referenced, to give an insight into your character, using a series of letters like...

There appears to be a new spring in his step and a visible difference in the demeanour of Nick Kirwan since he resigned as protection market director at Scottish Widows.

The Financial Services Authority has slammed the standards being applied by firms conducting cold calls in the general insurance and protection arena and ordered firms to improve systems.

All intermediaries should soon be able to advise clients to hold term assurance policies beyond the age of 70 as it is anticipated a rule governing their regulation at sale could be removed as early as the end of this week.

Shepherds Friendly Society has begun tele-interviewing all clients interested in its new income protection product.

Nick Kirwan has resigned as protection market director at Scottish Widows.

It is encouraging that the Competition Commission (CC) has not yet identified any competition concerns in respect of its investigation into the payment protection insurance (PPI) market. It said so in a statement recently, which also laid out the issues...

It's becoming increasingly evident that the level of consumer interest in Protection products is falling. An alarming report in a trade magazine recently stated that more people now insure their mobile phones than have critical illness cover. But is this...