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Employers understand group income protection (GIP) best when they have a financial adviser or employee benefits consultant as their main source of information, but otherwise ignorance is widespread, according to Canada Life Group Insurance statistics....

Healthnet Services Limited has completed the purchase of private medical insurance (PMI) intermediary Healthtrust Limited.

iPipeline has announced the launch of its new indicative underwriting decision tool on Assureweb, which is designed to help advisers meet their Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) duties.

Private medical insurance (PMI) adviser-consolidator Chase Templeton has completed its second acquisition within a week with the purchase of Glasgow intermediary Chartered Life.

Legal & General affiliate IFAs and tied advisers helped their clients claim £41.2m against their Life and Critical Illness cover policies in 2013 thanks to the firm's early warning System of electronic notification.

Employers should play a greater role in educating workers about financial risks and facilitating access to protection products, according to Demos.

Twice as many British households are deemed ‘financially vulnerable' as ‘financially secure', while more than half of households have experienced financial difficulties in last twelve months, a global survey has found.

Denplan has upgraded its website with new responsive features designed to help companies deliver their dental benefits ‘more effectively.'

Adviser numbers are down and firms' profits after tax, despite a temporary recovery last year, are lower than the two previous years, according to research from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

Defaqto's Protection Service Satisfaction survey has found the timeliness of processing new business is the most important aspect of service for advisers recommending individual protection products.