Zurich

Advisers who segment their client banks and cull those deemed unprofitable to the business ahead of the RDR may be opening themselves up to more compensation claims, according to Zurich's Richard Howells.

Arch cru investors want to know why Capita won't be fined like 27 other firms who they say failed in the same way. Levy paying IFAs should want to know too.

Zurich UK Life has launched a recruitment drive to beef up its platform team ahead of the planned launch of its retail proposition later this year.

Aviva's leap up the blue-chip index has ignited further market speculation that at least two insurers could be mulling over a possible approach worth 575p a share valuing the insurer at £14.8bn.

The long-term care market effectively disappeared in the early 1990s. But is it about to re-open and how should IFAs approach it? Stephanie Spicer reports

Zurich has announced that it is planning to return to the direct insurance market in the UK later this year in a strategic partnership with its subsidiary Endsleigh.

Zurich UK Life's Nigel Needs says an opportunity has arisen for IFAs to get in on the HNW protection market and explains how to do it.

Zurich has amended its critical illness (CI) plans and produced a multi-media pack to help advisers promote the benefits of the product's cover.

Some providers are increasingly targeting workplace and employer based routes to market. Is this going to become more common and should advisers be doing more in this area?

Barclays was hit with more than 276,000 customer complaints in the second half of last year - or the equivalent of more than 1,500 per day. But how did the major insurance companies fare?