Individual Protection

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has agreed to sell national property services Shepherd Direct a minority stake in the independently-owned business.

A "large majority" of Aviva's 780 strong Greater Manchester workforce are set to be made redundant following the completion of the Friends Life acquisition.

In the fourth part of his series on adviser business strategies, John Joe McGinley points to a new study and argues that businesses should ask whether they make clients and customers feel special every day.

The perception of how much life insurance costs is on average 394% above the actual cost, a survey for SunLife has revealed.

Almost three quarters (72%) of advisers polled believe that protection sales will increase in 2015, a survey has revealed.

Eight out of ten Britons consider broadband essential, compared to just under four in ten (39%) who consider protection to be essential, a survey has found.

Lifequote has added a whole of life (WoL) comparison service, after research found Inheritance Tax (IHT) and estate planning are adding to the demand for WoL.

Richard Kateley says the gender gap is still alive and well when it comes to business protection, and urges financial advisers to rethink their approach.

Myles Rix, managing director of protection at LV=, gives his views on how the industry can make IP more attractive in the eyes of the consumer.

Stuart Scullion, the new chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII), tells Fiona Murphy about his plans for leadership.