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Advisers are being told to target their conversations at women as consumer research shows they have a bigger impact on household finances. Most notably, among those surveyed who are cohabiting, married or...

The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) has added Säkra, EBM, Protec and Horsell Duffy Langley (HDL) as members. WBN has also welcomed International Medical Group (IMG) and Sompo International as new sponsors, and...

The key to creating income protection (IP) products for sickle cell sufferers may lie with learnings from similar solutions for people living with HIV. However, this will not be possible unless the...

A raft of upgrades have been made to the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) - the firm's vulnerability tool for advisers. MARS now allows users to book an appointment in real time for...

Government does not appear to share the same concern about the increased risk of a life insurance firm collapsing due to its Solvency II reforms as the Bank of England does, according...

Protection Guru Pro has introduced additional functionality enabling advisers to review their clients' existing critical illness policy against the range of alternative contracts using expert medical opinions. The service provides an analysis...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has launched 7 Advisers - an adviser-focused campaign running for the remainder of the year which will follow seven different advisers in their professional lives. The...

Advisers have a crucial role to play in raising awareness about the importance of setting up a power of attorney, according to Rose St Louis, protection director of Scottish Widows. St Louis's...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is proposing to change the way it processes complaints to encourage firms to solve complaints faster. The regulator has suggested adding a new category within its biannual...

The number of people not working due to long-term sickness and disability increased by more than 10 times than would have been expected under normal conditions over the last three years with...