Adviser / Broking

Advisory businesses will see a marked reduction in the amount they contribute to the Money Advice Service (MAS) in 2013/14 if proposed changes to the way it is funded are approved.

I suspect most of you are fed up with the electronic trade news feeds, feeding us a diet of gloom and doom on the start of RDR.

Insurance brokers have reported business volumes falls and disappointing expectations of continued growth in the industry,according to the PwC / CBI quarterly Financial Services Survey on Insurance.

Brokers are having to work hard to build international PMI business even though the market is booming, Aria International Health Solutions has said.

Intermediary consolidator Chase Templeton has brought an ex-Bupa manager on board to build its proposition with larger national accounts and blue chip organisations.

It is great news that Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) members voted to allow insurer membership.

AMII members voted for insurers to join membership in an emergency general meeting today, and Bupa is set to be the first to sign.

Bupa is set to distribute individual PMI through brokers again and is currently testing a proposition with advisers.

There is not enough competition among insurers and hospitals, Jelf Employee benefits has warned.

Gender-neutral increases will move providers away from competing on price and restore a more consumer-led market, Friends Life has said.