Friends Life

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has introduced a new life and protection panel to run alongside its existing whole of market (WOM) offering.

Friends Life has defended its direct to consumer proposition, PlanWise, against an claims it is using the service to cut advisers out of the sales process.

Steve Payne, managing director, protection, at Friends Life, on a growing trend for ‘working women’ to seek independent advice

Women's contributions to occupational pension schemes fell over the last year despite average contributions rising in line with inflation.

Provider Friends Life has launched an online and over-the-phone financial advice service for existing customers who no longer have - or never had - a financial adviser.

Tim Tookey, Lloyds' finance director, is to resign to become chief financial officer at Friends Life.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will allow employers to make pension contributions using a debit card, a payment method most other providers shy away from.

More than 1,000 advisers are now writing protection business through Sesame Bankhall Group's panel following its launch last November, the network has announced.

Friends Life has revealed it is developing a simple protection product to target new distribution methods.

(Updated) Friends Life is to separate its open and closed books of business as part of parent company Resolution's UK Life project.