Adviser / Broking

AXA agreed to sell Bluefin's employee benefits consulting business, Bluefin Corporate Consulting, ("BCC") to Capita plc for £50 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis.

The FSA today said individuals making personal recommendations to retail clients via a simplified advice process must be qualified to the same minimum standard as those providing full advice.

Following FSA warnings advisers cannot afford to ignore the care sector, annuity provider Partnership is offering advice to IFAs who want to enter the care fees advice arena.

The chairman of the All-Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services, Jonathan Evans MP, has been confirmed for the insurance strand as Incisive Media's brands collaborate to bring analysis of George Osborne's Budget Statement.

Incisive Media's impressive range of brands serving the financial services sector will be collaborating to bring the very best analysis of George Osborne's Budget Statement at 3pm.

Jelf has created the position of director of healthcare in what the employee benefit consultancy calls a "period of ambitious growth".

Lobby group Adviser Alliance has had its application for a judicial review into the absence of an industry long-stop rejected - but has vowed to continue the fight for a time-bar on complaints.

Healthcare intermediaries have called for cash plan providers to offer greater product innovation and provide more training on the market.

Avelo has launched a private medical insurance (PMI) service for advisers to compare health insurance contracts from eleven providers.

Protection is seen as a key growth area by IFAs with almost two thirds optimistic about increasing business in the sector this year.