Individual Protection

Cirencester Friendly has established the Cirencester Friendly Society - 125 Foundation; supporting community activities nominated by members and affiliated advisers.

The owners of independent advice firm Towry have brought forward plans for a sale, according to reports, quashing expectations of a stock market float for now.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a list of 19 insurers whose full or partial internal models have been approved for use under Solvency II from 1 January 2016.

Cancer is when abnormal cells divide in an uncontrolled way, some eventually spreading into other tissues writes Fergus Bescoby.

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of ex- Pink director Mark Graves as sales director.

Drop is similar in non-advised arena as annuity sales slide

The Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry into funeral poverty and the benefits available to people who lose someone they were financially dependent on.

Gen Re shares the results of its Protection Pulse for the half year 2015, revealing a freefall in restricted advice sales but a pick-up in income protection (IP.)

Andrew Wibberley questions why so many people continue to be rated when taking out protection insurance.

Bright Grey has now rebranded to Royal London as the mutual confirmed it would move to a single protection business bringing together ‘the best elements of the Bright Grey and Scottish Provident brands' by the end of the year.