Protection

Advisers have a great part to play in ensuring consumers answer underwriting questions truthfully, according to Matt Rann, group underwriting and claims manager at Aegon UK.

Since I moved to Edinburgh nearly fourteen years ago I've spent a good deal of time on aeroplanes travelling backwards and forwards to London. Over the years you learn things about UK domestic travel.

The Financial Services Authority is investigating the payment protection insurance selling practices of 10 firms with a view to taking enforcement action.

Supermarkets are a useful distribution channel in the protection industry because people trust the brands and are encouraged to buy products, according to speakers on IFAonline.tv's Great Protection Debate .

threesixty has launched a special risks insurance support service through a deal with The Insurance Surgery, and which effectively sees the firm move into introducing.

The issue of long-term care funding was brought into the spotlight again this week after a report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection criticised the standard of home care services.

Over one fifth of advisers place less than one tenth of their protection business in trust, according to research from Standard Life.

Almost every day I see an article and comments from one sector or another stating that the solution to our ills is education for consumers on the need for protection policies.

The Office of Fair Trading is to refer the entire UK payment protection insurance (PPI) market to the Competition Commission following a damning report which reveals consumers are being failed by the PPI market.

The second Financial Services Authority (FSA) review of payment protection insurance has revealed some firms are still failing to treat their customers fairly.