Adviser / Broking

Ageas has increased income protection commission for financial advisers to match the level paid on other policies.

The hardest sell

An employee benefits advisers has called on insurers to address neglected workplace mental health issues, by building better group income protection rehabilitation and support programmes.

Bill Safran, former CEO of Trigold, has launched a screen-sharing technology aimed at banks and insurance companies called vscreen.

Advisers will "undoubtedly" leverage growing long-term care expertise this year to bridge professional connections with solicitors, SIFA has said.

The top five intermediary platforms will likely show their hand on protection propositions in the second half of the year, a technology and consultancy firm to the major intermediary platforms has reported.

Corporate clients with significant staff numbers to auto-enrol are struggling to pin down budgets for other employee benefits, an adviser has said.

I wonder just what impact RDR will have on the protection industry. There are tiny shafts of light starting to show through in the form of unqualified advisers.

An adviser who helped his customer negotiate a difficult settlement on an old protection policy has been specially recognised at Legal & General's 2012 Business Quality Awards.

A protection and health insurance specialist is setting up a nationwide adviser network with a view to sweeping up IFAs who have not met the demands of RDR.