Protection

I was one of the lucky ones. I quite liked PE and sport at school but there were loads of kids who hated it - the mean spirited teachers, being the last one picked for the team, the cold showers, the list goes on. A lot of these kids left the running...

Liverpool Victoria has appointed Rodney Cook as managing director of its life business.

In conjunction with World AIDS Day, the Association of British Insurers has produced a guide for gay men which aims to explode the myths surrounding the way insurance companies deal with issues of sexuality.

The introduction of pension term assurance has encouraged more customers to buy term assurance, according to research from Legal & General.

Small firms continue to feel frustrated by the constant change and uncertainty created by the Financial Services Authority, says the Financial Services Practitioner Panel.

Standard Life Assurance has appointed Robert Watters as protection marketing director.

The protection industry has been talking about reforming income protection for the past 10 years, which has raised doubts among some advisers and providers about whether the various committees will really make a difference.

Only 21% of people with traditional life insurance policies would consider switching to pension term assurance, according to research from moneysupermarket.com.

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Liverpool Victoria has taken a 'significant backward step' in the time it takes to underwrite protection applications, according to research from Torquil Clark Life Insurance.