The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has criticised the Financial Services Authority's vision for simplified advice and called for a "triage" system to assess investors' suitability for the service.
Sesame Bankhall Group chief executive George Higginson has warned the advisory community it risks having further unwanted reforms thrust upon it if it does not better represent itself.
Long-term care, Dilnot and the adviser's role. Paul Robertson discusses all this with Partnership's Chris Horlick.
Bright Grey and Scottish Provident held a recent summit on the future of critical illness cover. Roger Edwards outlines its conclusions
At the recent COVER Health and Protection Forum, Clive Waller called for greater regulation of back book selling. Do you agree that this would ultimately benefit clients and the market?
Consumers are likely to reject simplified advice and advice where they must pay a fee upfront, research from the Association of British Insurers suggests.
Less than a fifth of Britons felt they would need help when purchasing life insurance but almost half said it was definitely necessary for a mortgage, according to new research.
Consumers want simple financial products to provide a standard limited level of coverage allowing easy understanding and comparison, new research has found.
The latest issue of COVER included a report that some members of the protection provider community, including the ABI, were unhappy with the way third party agencies rate products.
Aviva has added the first partial payments to its critical illness (CI) policy and halved the length of time for a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) claim.