Cirencester Friendly

Income Protection (IP) ‘holds the key to keeping on top of the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), Cirencester Friendly has said.

Cirencester Friendly has revealed it paid out 94% of claims in 2013 maintaining the same pay out rate as 2012.

Regular COVER columnist Richard Walsh reveals a colourful past in Whitehall as an NHS reformer and his views on the future of the protection market.

Cirencester Friendly has launched an online chat tool to facilitate instant communication between their underwriters and financial advisers looking to transact business with the Society.

Cirencester friendly's annual results show increases in membership and premium income with reduced operating costs, despite confusion around RDR and Holloway products.

So, income protection has been left out in the simple product cold. John Bridge assesses whether it will ever join the gang.

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

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.

Cirencester Friendly has called for an industry standard for income protection claims statistics to be provided after publishing its annual claims statistics.

The Defaqto star ratings system has been called into question by industry experts following publication of its 2013 income protection (IP) products ranking.