An IFA has claimed Standard Life removed him from his client's policies without instruction.
Mike Inkley, director of advice firm Sanderson Law, said his client found what she believed was a statement for an old savings plan with Standard Life in her paperwork in 2009. The client telephoned Standard Life for a valuation of the policy and was asked by a staff member if she wanted to "involve her IFA" in the matter. She did not think it was necessary to ask Inkley for advice as she only wanted to release the money from the policy. She later found Standard Life had removed Inkley from all three of her SL policies, the adviser claimed. Inkley also claimed the insurer gave h...
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