Adviser / Broking

Claire Ginnelly has been appointed managing director of intermediary Premier Choice Group (PCG).

Network Openwork is to divide its distribution business into three specialist distribution units for wealth, mortgages and protection.

Over two thirds (69%) of advisers gain less than a quarter of their income from protection, while 9% get over half their income from protection, research from Aviva has found.

Intrinsic Financial Services has launched a new protection panel for its restricted advisers with immediate effect.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers has called for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to take a ‘common sense' approach to telephone recording.

Call Credit's Marcus Hayes and Keith Hollander discuss pension liberation, the life market and how data can affect pricing.

Stonebridge Group has seen a 10% increase in financial promotions for protection since the launch of its Revolution Touchpoint marketing tool.

Direct Life has announced it is looking to attract up to 20 new staff having recently added 15 full time and part time staff.

Advisers need to tell ‘positive protection stories' to encourage take-up of protection, Roger Edwards, of Roger Edwards Marketing Ltd, told the Financial Services Expo in Manchester.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called for a 15 year longstop and for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to freeze its budget for two years.