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Critical Illness
Growth in the group CI market is patchy, and in the absence of real product development it is down to advisers to help drive the market forward, writes Georgina Kenyon Click here to download pdf
01 June 2006
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Income Protection
The future is bright for group IP - as long as IFAs ensure employers realise it is an invaluable way of combating the effects of long-term absence, writes Johanna Gornitzki Click here to download pdf
01 May 2006
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Technology
A survey carried out by Ipsos MORI for IFA Promotion suggests the internet is now the most popular method of seeking out financial advice among the key client demographic sought by IFA businesses.
18 April 2006
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Investment
The latest IFA barometer from Sesame reveals advisers believe the 'revolving door' of ministers at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is adding to the problems in the pensions market.
13 April 2006
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Investment
Latest quarterly savings figures published by National Savings & Investments suggests there is a developing "hardcore" of people who simply do not save, boosting the overall non-savings rate, which remains stubbornly high.
07 March 2006
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Cashplans
It will take more than stagnant demand to kill off the healthcare cash plan. The resilient market, which was big in the 1960s, has endured worse and lived to tell the tale, writes Peter Madigan Click here to download pdf
01 March 2006
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Whole of Life
Despite more families facing huge inheritance tax bills, whole of life, which provides cover against death duty, is in the doldrums. But all is not lost, writes Johanna Gornitzki Click here to download pdf
01 February 2006
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Technology
Financial advisers are perhaps a little more ‘net savvy' than industry perception suggests, as research reveals eight out of ten intermediaries are now using broadband internet access for business and over a quarter of advisers would like to give advice...
24 January 2006
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Technology
Digital certificates in the form of UNIPASS save IFAs an average of £3,750 each year in time and costs, according to standards organisation Origo.
11 January 2006
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Plummeting prices have failed to save the term assurance market from sliding new sales. Far from revitalising the sector, slashing rates could be making matters worse. Peter Madigan reports Click here to download pdf
01 January 2006
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