Adviser / Broking

Mortgage advisers are heading towards a 50:50 model of mortgage business to protection and insurance services, Avelo has said.

LifeSearch and Gocompare.com have formed a business tie-in.

Protection advisers are calling for greatly improved adviser communications from insurers and product providers on gender-neutral pricing.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) is to change its name to the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has proposed the idea of ‘customer agreed liability' as a way of tackling the absence of a 15-year long stop on complaints.

Expacare will be taking advantage of international private medical insurance (IPMI) market growth with two product launches planned before the end of the year.

Unum has launched a website to help advisers communicate the benefits of income protection to clients.

Friends Life will be running a group protection workshop for intermediaries next week.

The impact of autoenrolment on group risk benefits has been outlined in a Canada Life guide for corporate clients.

Capita Hartshead and Bluefin Corporate Consulting will operate as a combined business under the new name of Capita Employee Benefits from November.