Bright Grey

Providers rated for income protection and family income benefit offerings

Edwards to take up role with independent consultancy on 1 January

Masterful storytelling is advisers' most powerful tool to boost take-up of protection insurance among clients, according to an expert.

Royal London is scrapping the Scottish Life, Bright Grey and Scottish Provident brands to move to a single "master brand" for its UK life, pensions and investment businesses.

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident are to launch a series of enhancements to their protection products by end of October.

Today is Bright Grey and Scottish Provident managing director Roger Edwards' last day in his role as he leaves to focus on marketing, social media, speaking - and yoga teaching.

Bright Grey has upgraded its critical illness definition for cancer for personal and business protection menu plans.

Royal London has reported assets under administration on its Ascentric wrap platform have risen 16% to nearly £6bn, in what the company said is the wrap's "best ever quarter".

The protection businesses of Royal London, Bright Grey and Scottish Provident, saw a 23% increase in new business during 2012, an increase it attributes in large part to the gender directive.

The industry is continuing to report pre G-Day sales spikes as it moves beyond the 21 December implementation deadline.