Opinion

One billion pounds is an awful lot of money. Imagine paying that in tax if you didn't need to. It hardly bears thinking about, and yet that could happen this year if people continue to fail to put life insurance policies in trust.

All successful businesses need to protect the financial well being of the company by paying good salaries and implementing tax efficient strategies to attract, retain and reward valuable management and staff.

The Pensions Act 2007, which received Royal Assent at the end of July, was not the ‘shoo-in' the DWP had wished.

Cast your mind back to springtime: Remember the headlines in the papers? ‘UK set for another heatwave'; ‘Climate change will see summer heat waves become the norm'. ‘Resorts set for bumper holiday returns'.

In a past role, with a previous employer, I was one of several people in the industry who suggested that kids should be taught about financial services in school (think it was back in 1999, when we were discussing the Government's proposals for stakeholder...

As summer disappears, if it ever came, and we prepare for the autumn, my mind considers my important action points. Being a strong believer in Stephen Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and Principle Centered Leadership, two books I highly...

In the current climate, post Retail Distribution Review, more press space is being given over to discussion on issues like client segmentation and client proposition.

Somewhere back in the mists of time (well, 10 years ago!), a politician lost the sale of his house as a result of something nasty turning up in a survey that caused his purchaser to pull out of the deal at the last minute.

This summer marks the third birthday of Tele-interviewing in the UK, and even the most negative diehards must acknowledge it is now part of the protection landscape.

For several years LifeSearch has been calling for product providers to take the quality of business written into account as well as the volume.