Protection

Pioneer Friendly Society is linking the offering of business workshops with rising sales of PHI product, according to its latest quarterly results.

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SAINSBURY'S, the supermarket, is moving further into financial services following the launch of its own health insurance policy through its banking division, says this morning's Scotsman newspaper.

Webline and PMI provider Health-on-line have inked a deal that will enable IFAs' clients to get quotes or buy PMI 24/7 through their own websites.

Over half of consumers change some part of their buying decision AFTER receiving advice and product recommendations from IFAs, new research suggests.

Consultant Grant Thornton says a survey of 160 general insurance brokers, including 29 of the top 50 income earners, has found most are ignorant of the corporate and personal risks that regulation under the FSA will bring.

Six out of ten high earners now hold private health insurance, suggests research by Lloyds TSB Premier Banking.

Angioplasty, the technique of inflating balloons inside arteries to the heart to counter heart disease, will no longer be covered in future CIC policies issued by Norwich Union, the insurer says.

As we approach another new year, protection advisers should be looking forward to a busy 2004. What with FSA regulation to prepare for and, according to Swiss Re's latest report, a £2trn protection gap to help bridge, it should be an eventful year. However...

Law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain says protection intermediaries must tread carefully in approaching their applications for FSA authorisation in the coming months, as mistakes in the application process could lead to regulatory action against them...