Whole of Life

Golden Charter discusses the key questions advisers should ask before recommending funeral plans.

AIG Life has brought in underwriting changes in a bid to speed up the application process for customers.

'Lack of transparency'

Aviva is advancing life cover payments to help families meet funeral costs by increasing the amount it can pay in advance to £11,000.

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has announced a new relationship with funeral plan provider, Golden Charter.

The Right Will and Estate Planning Ltd has launched a referral service for advisers to offer their clients Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Up 4% year-on-year

British Friendly has signed up to the Protection Distributor Group's (PDG) funeral payment pledge and paid its first claim under the benefit.

It remains to be seen whether the increase in probate fees proposed by the Government earlier this year will be resurrected by the new administration, writes Aviva's Mark Cracknell.

On 'complex' estates