Protection

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

The 2010 Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) exhibition and conference will be held on Thursday, 1 July at Barcelo Hinckley Island Hotel just outside Coventry.

Aviva has entered the group critical illness market with the unveiling of a new product.

Direct Life & Pension (DLP) is launching a series of protection training workshops across the UK during April.

Individual life cover sold direct-to-consumers (D2C) has overtaken sales of the product via intermediaries at Direct Life & Pensions (DLP) for the first time.

Health Shield has announced a strong performance last year as its annual premium income increased to more than £20m and earned premiums grew by 12%.

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

LV= has promoted Richard Rowney to managing director, life and pensions, replacing the outgoing Rodney Cook.

Advisers must balance the need to provide the right advice with staying on the correct side of the risk and legal framework, writes Julie Darlington, director of regulation at 2plan Wealth Management.

Axa's protection guru Graham Harvey outlines what advisers can do to speed up turnaround times on critical illness (CI) applications...