Protection

Three years after its launch in March 2003, Bright Grey has grown from a company of six to one with over 400 employees, and it plans to keep growing year on year while retaining its autonomous, team-orientated culture.

Menu protection plans will help advisers combat the increasing competition in protection business from non-advice distribution channels such as supermarkets, according to Defaqto.

A new Statement of Best Practice for critical illness cover, which aims to improve consumer understanding and lower the number of declined claims, has been issued by the Association of British Insurers.

Some firms are incorrectly calculating the amount of benefit income protection policyholders should receive after successfully submitting a claim, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (Fos).

Royal Liver Assurance has been fined £550,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for mis-selling with profits savings policies.

Friends Provident is offering a pension term assurance (PTA) product - Tax Relief Life Cover (TRLC) - to coincide with the new A-Day legislation.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has made recommendations for providers of term assurance, payment protection insurance (PPI) and income protection products to consider when designing financial promotions.

Mortgage intermediaries widely support the "de-bundling" of accident, sickness and unemployment PPI, but some industry figures argue consumers will not necessarily benefit from such a change.

A new Protection Committee has been launched to oversee the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) policy development work on critical illness and income protection insurance.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a market study to look in depth at the payment protection insurance (PPI) sector following a super-complaint from Citizens Advice.