Zurich is set to offer its protection proposition on its retail platform later in the year, to offer IFAs a complete holistic view of financial plans.
The insurer said it was important to bring protection in line with investments to enable advisers - particularly IFAs - to do more protection business. Peter Hamilton, head of retail at Zurich, said: "Protection does not need to be on platforms. But the developments in the market suggest that there is a place for it to be there as an option. "The capability will need to be made as simple as possible for people to buy it through the platform. And it will not take away from the separate protection market necessarily." He added there would be different ways of approaching the protecti...
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