Adviser / Broking

Ben Heffer, insight analyst of life and protection at Defaqto, explains how the market is more than just a one-dimensional growth story

Mike Wagg, head of intermediary sales at Simplyhealth - where is the cashplans market currently sitting?

The Institute of Financial Services is now able to offer chartered membership in addition to its existing chartered titles.

Industry experts are calling for the formation of a specialist trade body to fill the need in the protection industry for a unified voice.

Aviva has opened its platform proposition to all advisers registered on the Aviva for Advisers (A4A) website.

The Consumer Insurance Act has been heralded as simply codifying current best practice within the insurance market. This does not reflect the fundamental change to pre-contract disclosure brought about by this legislation, abolishing the consumer's duty...

It is no secret that protection is on the minds of most - if not all - existing retail investment platforms. And the first to come to the fore was Nucleus, with its new investment-linked life assurance proposition.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to use the element of financial penalties it retains after passing cash to the Treasury to lessen fees across those it regulates.

The overwhelming majority of Hepatitis C sufferers have not sought any form of cover because of their diagnosis, an advice firm has reported.

Advisers have reported confidence post-RDR and a boost to business from increased protection income streams.