Protection
Cloud8 grows leadership and delivery teams with £1.25m funding
Cloud8 is hitting the recruitment trail after securing a third round of funding worth £1.25m from existing investor Mercia. The Bristol-based employee benefits platform provider raised its initial seed round in March...
Read moreLV= to join Association of Financial Mutuals underlining mutuality commitment
LV= is planning to join the Association of Financial Mutuals as part of its ongoing commitment to maintaining its mutual status. The issue has been a key one for the insurer in...
Read moreIPAW: Only refer IP business to specialists – Cleanthi
Wealth advisers should be referring income protection (IP) business to dedicated protection specialists, according to Future Proof director Alex Cleanthi. Cleanthi (pictured) was taking part in a panel debate on the second...
Read moreHSBC climate change ads banned as bank told not to omit emission contributions
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint and banned two climate change adverts placed by protection insurer and banking group HSBC as misleading. The regulator told HSBC UK to ensure...
Read moreIPAW: Ask customers instead of telling them about need for protection
Advisers should ask customers about the risks associated with them not being able to meet mortgage payments, rather than reeling off the benefits of income protection cover to them. The panel on...
Read moreIPAW: MAB’s Walton reveals stark impact of severe illness after not rearranging IP
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) protection proposition director Andy Walton has revealed how failing to properly rearrange his income protection (IP) cover for a new job hit him hard when he fell seriously...
Read moreFCA ‘frustrated’ with fair value product assessments as opposing lines drawn by advisers and providers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted it is frustrated with the way fair value pricing assessments for insurance contracts have been conducted throughout the industry. The regulator accepted the process has...
Read moreImplementation plans must be well thought out and engage with Consumer Duty substance – FCA
Firms need to ensure their Consumer Duty implementation plans due at the end of this month are well thought through and engage with the substance of the Duty, the regulator has said....
Read moreConsumer Duty does not mean firms will pay more in redress – FCA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it’s incoming Consumer Duty does not mean firms will be paying more in redress to customers when things go wrong. However, the regulator added the...
Read moreB&CE joins Grid
B&CE has joined group risk industry body Grid. The provider is most well known for its People's Pension scheme but also offers employee accident and life cover, injury insurance and occupational health...
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