Scottish Widows

The potential risk of mis-selling personal accounts, particularly to women over the age of 45, has been dismissed by the government.

Nick Kirwan has resigned as protection market director at Scottish Widows.

A former member of the Pensions Commission has backed the government's current proposals for personal accounts, including the suggestion to increase the annual contribution limit to £5,000.

Chris Phillips, the outgoing chief executive of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, has died suddenly during a walking holiday in Spain.

Scottish Widows today unveils two new senior managers as part of a major restructure of its marketing and distribution division.

The Financial Services Authority's proposal to split the ICOB regime into two categories has been broadly welcomed by the industry, but questions remain over whether the line between ‘protection' products and ‘other general insurance' products has been...

The removal of tax relief on pension term assurance policies removes the risk of people taking out life insurance policies which are unsuitable for their needs, claims HMRC.

Intermediaries should be regarded as agents of insurers when they obtain pre-contract information, unless they are genuinely searching the whole market on the insured's behalf, suggests the Law Commission.

Paymentshield's plans to launch mortgage payment protection insurance which incorporates the benefits of income protection has raised hopes a 'hybrid' product may solve some of the problems inherent in the industry.

Well, I don't know about you but I was utterly shocked to read that you, as advisers, don't add anything to a protection sale. No, you didn't misread that, according to recently published research from the Pru, buying protection through an adviser doesn't...