Income Protection

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has put an increased emphasis on 'budgeting' in its Business Plan 2013/14 released today.

British Friendly has announced its claims stats for 2012, its second year of intermediary trading.

Cirencester friendly has confirmed a deal with Capita Financial Software to develop its adviser portal.

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Legal & General has published its retail protection claims data for 2012.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) is working on "difficult" plans to measure take-up and success of simple protection products.

The imminent Welfare Reform Act should serve as a wake-up call to the public. It will be launched on 1 April and will bring major changes to payments for thousands of people and further reinforce that reliance on the State is a fool's paradise.

The publication of Aegon income protection claims data today has brought the industry one step closer to full transparency, the Income Protection Task Force has said.

The excessive complexity of many financial products has dogged the financial services industry for as long as anyone can remember. I hope the publication of Carol Sergeant's Review of Simple Financial Products proves to be a watershed for the industry...

The simple products report could be the catalyst of a "clear blue water" reputation for income protection, despite its exclusion from the first phase of products, Unum has said.