Protection

Standard Life declined to pay 14% of critical illness claims in the first half of 2006, according to its latest claims statistics.

The UK medical insurance industry risks becoming a corporate group market which provides cover only during working years, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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The Financial Services Authority has proposed to modify the client categorisation requirements of MiFID to allow greater flexibility for out of scope firms.

The FSA has confirmed packaged products and IFA businesses not officially covered by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive will fall under its new Conduct of Business rules.

The majority of critical illness claims are related to cancer, according to Bupa Individual Protection.

Alison Turner-Holmes, protection marketing manager at Skandia, is leaving the firm to join Resolution Life as head of marketing.

Charcol has announced it will use Lifequote's systems for transacting all its protection business from 1 November.

The Office of Fair Trading recently announced it is referring the payment protection insurance market to the Competition Commission, but some advisers and providers have raised doubts about whether such a move is appropriate.

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