Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows has appointed Robert Kerr to the newly created role of head of distribution development.

There appears to be a new spring in his step and a visible difference in the demeanour of Nick Kirwan since he resigned as protection market director at Scottish Widows.

Our industry has an unfortunate reputation for shooting itself in the foot, particularly in the way it often tries to take advantage of attempts by Government to relax pension rules.

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.