Legal and General has seen a "better than expected" 50% fall in female sales after going gender neutral.
A life assurance proposition is being piloted through Nucleus, the IFA-owned wrap platform.
Scottish Provident has offered an additional grace period to its pipeline plans for last minute gender-specific applications.
Lack of flexibility and limitations on bolt-ons have been eroding the value of term assurance, an adviser has warned.
The current picture for protection sales is mixed as the industry treads the last month to gender neutralisation.
LV= has announced how it will manage amendments to protection policies after the EU gender directive deadline.
Two thirds (66.6%) of UK life assurance providers servicing the IFA market are now offering some form of HIV life assurance.
Engage Mutual has joined the panel of mortgage and protection network First Complete.
Aviva is "nervous" at the idea that age could be removed from protection pricing with the incoming Equal Treatment Directive.
Engage Mutual has reported double sales through intermediaries.