Group Risk

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) can take many forms of action against brokers that do not charge fair commissions - but the banning of commissions or brokers is off the table, according...

Four in 10 people in the UK believe protection insurance has grown in importance since the pandemic but almost a third have not taken out cover as they cannot afford to pay...

Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Diane Whalley as business development manager for group risk. Whalley (pictured) will be managing the firm's desk-based group risk adviser team, helping to grow the business...

The number of appointed representative (AR) firms operating in the insurance sector has halved in the last decade, with a sharp drop in the last two years. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

Legal & General Group Protection has made ONIX – its digital quote, buy and renew platform – more accessible to small and medium businesses (SMBs) by opening it up to a new...

Access Financial Services (Access FS) has today launched an in-house digital marketing and lead generation platform for its team of mortgage and protection advisers.  Following its acquisition of Crazy Nerds, a boutique...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation setting new reporting requirements aimed at improving diversity and inclusion across the financial services sector. In particular the proposals focus on boosting diversity...

Aviva has acquired AIG Life UK from AIG subsidiary Corebridge Financial for £460m. AIG Life UK provides a full suite of individual and group protection products. It had 1.3 million individual protection...

YuLife has the launched Yuniversity, a series of in-app continuing professional development (CPD) courses for brokers. The courses, which have been awarded CPD accreditation by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), aim to...

Verlingue has appointed James Hall and Sam Foster as client directors at its Birmingham office. The broker said the hires form part of its strategy to expand across the Midlands and Southwest...