The Income Protection (IP) Task Force has reaffirmed its faith in the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) treatment of IP after the body ruled out a Best Practice inquiry into the sale of the product despite doing so for critical illness (CI), writes Peter Carvill
Peter Le Beau, managing director of Le Beau Visage and the co-founder of the IP Task Force, said he believed the ABI was equally committed to supporting IP as well as CI. Regarding whether the ABI preferred one product, Le Beau said: "I don't know if that is a deliberate plan. The IP Task Force has welcomed the ABI to several of its meetings, and Nick Kirwan has attended. I think the ABI is as committed to supporting IP along with CI, and there should be no reason why not." He added: "We have an open relationship with the ABI and they are supportive of what the IP Task Force does." Ni...
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