Scottish Life

Trail commission has a "genuine and legitimate place" in adviser remuneration and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) would be wrong to ban future payments on undisturbed pre-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) business, according to Scottish Life.

Scottish Life has backed down on its position on the use of consultancy charging for automatic enrolment pension schemes.

Scottish Life is asking IFAs to consider whether to ‘strike now or later' on annuity advice.

Royal London has announced annual bonuses for 2012 and final bonuses for 2013 for with-profits policies in the Royal London Long Term Fund and in the closed Scottish Life Fund.

Royal London's pensions arm, Scottish Life, has added six additional funds to its core investment fund range.

Scottish Life has posted record new business results for the 12 months to 31 December, with total life and pensions business valued at £2.4bn.

Scottish Life's illustration rates have been "significantly better" than they were in January 2012, indicating "advisers are coping well" with the transition to the new regulatory regime, according to one director.

Royal London has agreed to change the terms used in its Scottish Life branded unit linked consumer contracts after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) found they may have been unfair.

Scottish Life's Lorna Blyth on designing a default fund fit for the auto-enrolment world

Scottish Life has launched its online auto-enrolment proposition, designed to help advisers boost their corporate business.