Friends Provident

Whizzing through the countryside on the 07.31 train to Waterloo last week, I was struck by a thought. Even though I was travelling through a handful of counties and changing twice onto different train operators, I only had to buy one ticket.

Policyholders will get access to income drawdown alternatives to standard annuities at maturity following another IT implementation by Friends Provident.

Friends Provident has announced Ian Jefferies, head of protection marketing, is leaving after 24 years at the company.

Another two or three well-known providers are expected to soon join the collaboration exercise just announced by Standard Life and Friends Provident in the area of wrap platforms.

Friends Provident and Standard Life will collaborate to share legacy information about clients' existing investment and pensions business on their respective wrap platforms.

Most people lie at least once a day, but they also increasingly see ethical investments as part of a core investment strategy, according to figures reported by Friends Provident.

I don't think too many people are unaware of the sudden u-turn by the government regarding tax relief on life cover. Nor can most people be unaware of the lengths the industry went to discuss our intentions with both HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and...

The White Paper on personal accounts may be stoking up problems actually delivering sufficient supply of SEE funds at a price in line with government policy commitments to capping costs.

Several protection providers have already pulled out of the pension term assurance market this morning and more are expected to do so later today, following comments in the Pre-Budget Report suggesting the product was being misused.

‘They don't make them like they used to', we declare when a product fails to meet our expectations. I have spent all too many weekends sat on the floor surrounded by bits of flatpack furniture, staring at assembly instructions that are as useful as a...