Protection

Scottish Provident has launched a free online training session for intermediaries explaining how to prepare for protection regulation and how it will affect their business.

Three out of four homeowners who release equity from their homes then fail to cover the additional debt with life cover, suggests research by Egg.

Financial intermediaries conducting general insurance and protection business will now be able to hold both client money and other insurance assets in one single account, says the FSA.

healthcare cash plans

Political instability and global health threats have failed to cause a slump in the international private medical insurance market. Angela Faherty reports

Enforcement of the proposed Disability (anti) Discrimination Act could increase the need for employers to hold group income protection cover as additional rules will make it illegal to get rid of or downgrade any staff member with a "progressive condition"....

Protection firm Bright Grey has developed an underwriting guide for advisers in the hopes it will both speed up the underwriting process and make it easier to understand.

Officials within the protection industry believe the number of insurance advisers will fall by up to 30% once regulations come into effect in January next year, latest research suggest.

Protection firms' striving to gain "extra tick" perfection in product comparison tables has complicated life for advisers while still "ignoring" the real needs of consumers, warns protection expert.

Some 42% of the UK adult population has no life cover, yet three-quarters of these people have a mortgage or dependents, according to research from IFA Promotion.