Adviser / Broking

Employee benefit advisers are becoming much more explicit on service and price in light of the fast-moving employer environment, Aviva has said.

Two out of five clients will decline taking out life cover even after full explanation of the insurance and its benefits, a chartered financial planner has said.

The positive side to G-Day was definitely that we saw the need to carry out full reviews of all our clients, making them aware of the implications of G-Day and getting their policies on risk before premiums went up. This meant that we had a lot of business...

Executives in the global financial services sector are anticipating smaller salary increases this year compared to 2012, new data from Mercer reveals.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed that claims at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) relating to failed stockbroker Direct Sharedeal - which could total £13m - will be paid for by investment advisers.

The Dilnot report in July 2011 recommended a cap on individual care fee funding of £35,000 for individuals with assets of more than £100,000.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed that the number of advisers practising in the summer of last year was down 11.5% on the previous year, a fall of more than one in ten.

An online quoting system has reported that all consumers look at more than one protection product area when considering cover.

Consumers are less likely to surrender on some life and pensions products if they were sold to them by an IFA, data collected by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) suggests.

A former Honister Partners adviser has pleaded guilty to evading tax in a case brought by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC).