News

Cirencester Friendly is calling for the industry to focus its efforts on re-building trust rather than relying on new products to revive the industry.

Ageas UK's first quarter 2012 results show protection sales' gross written premiums up 71.2% to £15.0m and new annual premiums up 34.3% to £9m compared with the same period last year.

British businesses appear split down the middle on their knowledge of group income protection, research finds.

Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, will signal on Wednesday that interest rates will remain around their record low until the end of next year at the earliest, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Only 7% of those looking at long term care (LTC) would consider asking an IFA, with only banks considered less.

As the first of a series of improvements, Universal Provident (UP) has added a employee assistance programme (EAP) and a care advisory service to its group PMI plan, Choices Corporate.

Barclays Corporate and Employer Solutions has added a specialist small business team to its employee benefits unit.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined adviser Donald McKee Morgan £335,204 for insurance fraud.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association is warning that Europe could force mandatory commission disclosure on brokers by 2019.

Almost three-quarters (72%) of advisers dealing with group risk believe auto-enrolment will present them with new business opportunities, as employers seek financial advice to ensure they are compliant with its regulations.