Industry experts are calling for the formation of a specialist trade body to fill the need in the protection industry for a unified voice.
British Friendly has announced its claims stats for 2012, its second year of intermediary trading.
Insurers were both praised and damned in this year's speech by Lifesearch chairman Tom Baigrie.
LifeSearch has started offering free, whole of market, independent protection advice to customers using Which? Mortgage Advisers.
LifeSearch processed £1,719,351 of business in October, a record sales month, the adviser said.
LifeSearch and Gocompare.com have formed a business tie-in.
LifeSearch has highlighted the need to seek independent protection advice in a BBC Radio Scotland debate.
Lifesearch is canvasing the industry's larger and most influential advisers in a bid to move forward its Protection Code of Conduct concept.
Advisers need to offer a spectrum of services from automated to full holistic financial planning, IFA firm Plan Money has stated.
LifeSearch has published its revenue numbers for the week of May 21 to 27.