Friends Provident

My client, Sarah, is a 43-year-old office administrator and single mother whose daughter, Jane, has severe spina bifida.

Advisers are concerned service quality could suffer if Resolution succeeds in a takeover of AXA's annuity, protection and group pension business.

Resolution Group, the consolidation vehicle which bought Friends Provident last year, is in talks to buy AXA UK's annuity, protection and group pensions business for £2.75bn.

Friends Provident has launched a new assistance programme as part of a push into the group protection market.

Friends Provident has announced an online seminar on Executive Income Protection (EIP), highlighting how advisers can advise their corporate clients.

Be it pre or post election, there are always imperatives; things any government or government in waiting must aim for.

Advisers are missing out on the opportunities to sell income protection (IP) presented by the new fit note and Welfare Reform Act, research suggests.

Friends Provident has voiced concerns that EU rules on long-term sick leave could impact on IP product design, as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) notes the ruling is dissuading small businesses employing new staff.

Friends Provident received 624 claims last year; of these 578 (92.6%) were paid and 46 (7.4%) were declined.

I have been approached by the owner of a small arts foundry with 22 employees who is interested in offering a basic level of employee benefits. He already has a life cover plan for all employees, but would like to offer something else as well. However,...