Pensions

Referring clients to protection specialists can be a win-win for wealth and protection advisers, emphasises Middleton Wealth Management adviser Daniel Weaver. Weaver acknowledged that some wealth advisers resisted referring business because they...

A senior MP has warned the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may be repeating past failings and ignoring the report into the collapse of London Capital & Finance (LCF) as it handles the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not expect adviser levies for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to drop until 2025. This would mean health and protection advice firms are likely to...

Insurers have told Health & Protection they are more likely to investigate creating solutions to help plug the country's social care gap now there is more certainty about future costs. Announcing a...

Royal London is launching a £1.5m programme working with 10 social enterprises aimed at building financial resilience. The launch follows research from the mutual insurer which reveals a dramatic rise in the...

Advice firm Succession Wealth has appointed Andrew Barker as director of proposition. In his new role Barker will be responsible for making further enhancements to Succession’s proposition across several key areas including...

Royal London grew its UK protection new business by 23% in the first half of 2021 as sales rose to £21m from £17m in the same period last year. According to the...

Steve Murray is to succeed John Deane as group CEO at life and pensions consolidator Chesnara, parent company of insurer Countrywide Assured, upon Deane's retirement at the end of the year. Murray,...

The auto enrolment system should be extended to include income protection (IP) according to Prosperis head of employee benefit consulting Steve Ellis, and he intends to ensure his MP understands the necessity...

Advisers have been urged to make their voices heard about a perceived unfairness on how the Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS) funding model works. Last week, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced...