Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows is helping advisers meet the minimum qualifications proposed in the RDR by rolling out its learning programme.

Scottish Widows' life insurance business could be shipped off to Allianz under a plan by Lloyds TSB to snap up German bank Dresdner.

Scottish Widows could be hit with a compensation claim which could cost it up to £1bn, following accusations it gave negligent advice to around a hundred final salary pension schemes.

Scottish Widows reduced the number of critical illness (CI) claims declined due to non-disclosure by 41% between 2006 and 2007, the firm reveals today.

The outcome of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) should not matter as advisers must change their business models to succeed anyway, according to transition planner FP Advance.

Scottish Widows has decided to remove a number of funds from its life and pensions fund range after a review of its external fund links.

Invesco Perpetual and Scottish Widows have denied rumours their business relationship may be in jeopardy.

Scottish Widow Hayley Hunt is expecting her first baby, it was announced today.

Scottish Widows has added an income drawdown feature to its Retirement Account product.

Scottish Widows has reported strong results for 2007 with profit before tax rising by 26% to £884m.