Insurance

Mortgage brokers could be dragged into the disclosure of adviser remuneration proposed by the FSA.

Advisers should not fear tele-interviewing, but providers need to do more to integrate them in its implementation, says Scor.

LV= paid 90% of claims across both critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) last year.

Zurich has launched a microsite dedicated to protection.

Cirencester Friendly has announced that 94% of its income protection (IP) claims were paid last year.

Adviser network Sesame has announced Royal London and Moneygate IFA Ltd as its top protection provider and protection adviser of the year.

Lifequote is aiming to help advisers address the threat of online competition with a series of protection training workshops.

Aegon paid a marginally lower percentage of critical illness (CI) claims in 2009, but declines due to non-disclosure fell from a half to a third.

Legal and General has announced it paid 93.6% of critical illness claims in 2009.

Fortis UK has announced its protection operation made "good progress" last year and also revealed its proposed new name, Ageas.