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Adviser Clinic: AXA PPP: What is the role of healthcare in an adviser's portfolio?
Gavin Shay, head of partnership development at AXA PPP healthcare, looks at the role healthcare can play in an adviser's portfolio.
IFA in tie-up with multi-branch building society
National independent advisory business Wren Sterling has reached an agreement with Darlington Building Society to offer in-branch financial planning services to the group's customers.
OneFamily launches with call to help families
OneFamily, the brand for the combined Engage Mutual and Family Investments business, has called on advisers to help direct families to financial support they may be entitled to.
Majority of advisers gain less than 25% of income from protection
Over two thirds (69%) of advisers gain less than a quarter of their income from protection, while 9% get over half their income from protection, research from Aviva has found.
AXA PPP reveals changes to intermediary portal
AXA PPP has revealed changes to its Amplify intermediary portal and opened its support and information services to all intermediaries.
DMS announces changes to STIP policy
DMS has announced changes to its Short Term Income Protection (STIP) policy, now to be called ‘Gold Standard Short Term Income Replacement' (STIR).
Increase in numbers of adviser firms and advisers- APFA
The year to 2014 saw an increase of 163 in the number of financial advice firms, figures from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) revealed.
Chartered professionals 'paid 25% more' - CII
Chartered insurance professionals are paid above 25% more than non-chartered practitioners, research by CII has found.
Video: An Audience With...AIG Life's Darren Spriggs - part one
In part one of three videos, AIG Life's managing director Darren Spriggs tells COVER about AIG's purchase of Ageas Protect, Ageas Protect's rebranding to AIG Life and what advisers need to know about the changes.
Adviser focus: The importance of client segmentation
In the third part of his series on adviser business strategies, John Joe McGinley says successful advisers will have a greater focus on segmenting clients.
Panacea Adviser launches adviser guide
Panacea Adviser and Glassagh Consulting have launched a guide for advisers to help them adapt to meet current and future needs for clients.
Budget 2015: Six things advisers need to know
Six things advisers need to know
Opinion: Why advisers must consider business protection
Legal & General's Richard Kateley urges advisers to first consider their own business protection needs as a starting point before offering plans to clients.
Majority of advisers see future for simplified products
Advisers support the introduction of simplified protection products, with 79.4% seeing a place in the market for them, a survey has found.
CIExpert available through IFA Compliance
IFA Compliance has announced that it will now make CIExpert available to all adviser firms who are customers.
Risk Clinic: What do intestacy rules mean for my clients?
I am an IFA and I understand new intestacy laws have been introduced. Can you please explain what these are and what I should be discussing with my clients?
Adviser workshops on estate planning launched
Workshops to help advisers understand risks associated with helping elderly clients plan for later life will be held across the UK in October and November.
Group life advice: Are you being served?
The advice market for group protection products is changing rapidly. But are providers a help or a hindrance, asks Nigel Hartley.
Risk Clinic: How to secure successful protection sales?
I'm an IFA struggling to get clients to commit to taking out cover. How do I secure successful protection sales?
Converting the UK to conversion options
How could we quickly increase volume in the UK protection market by 5%? Mick James looks to conversion options as a possible answer.
Most IFA owners 'would sell early for right price'
Almost two-thirds of advice firm owners would sell up early for the right price, a poll has found.
When science fiction becomes science fact
There is a chance that not only will stem cell therapy enter the mainstream, but that IFAs will be advising on it. As a pilot opens in the UK, Sue Wilkinson outlines the case.
European advisers have it easier - Zurich Life
Financial advisers operating in Europe are less strictly regulated than their UK counterparts yet consumers are still afforded the same degree of protection, according to Zurich Life government affairs principal Matt Connell.
Intrinsic adopts LifeQuote as new protection option
Intrinsic Financial Services has announced that all 3,000 advisers across the Group will have the option to use LifeQuote from 3rd February 2014.
