Protection products will be ‘pivotal' to adviser firms' future prosperity, according to Sesame Bankhall.
Friends Provident has reminded the public that more than 40% of Britons support the introduction of a fat tax.
Friends Provident's total sales rose were up 35% year to date helped by the international business, but UK inflows were flat.
A new breed of platform players, catering to the restricted advice, stock-broking and corporate wrap sectors, is poised to shake up the sector, according to MD of the Platforum consultancy, Holly Mackay.
With the protection sector dominated by giants of the insurance world, Owain Thomas spoke to Cirencester friendly's Paul Hudson to hear a smaller provider's view
Friends Provident has launched an online seminar focusing on customer life stages and the changes to them.
The majority of Britons intend to remain in their current homes for the rest of their lives, according to Friends Provident research.
I read with interest a story on IFAonline.co.uk and the comments that followed about Sesame doubling their case checking rates.
Fewer than one in five retired people feel it is their responsibility to leave money to their children, according to a study from Friends Provident.
Bupa is to sell its UK protection and risk business, Bupa Health Assurance Ltd (BHA), to Resolution for approximately £165.15m.