Chris Smallwood, CEO of 2plan Wealth Management, looks at how advisers can help clients prepare for their care needs in old age.
Faced with prohibitively expensive products, advisers are shunning long-term care.
Revenues at Axa Wealth fell 23% last year to £474m as the recession hit bond and pension sales.
Aegon has increased the multi-benefit discounts available when a customer takes out two or more benefits on the same menu plan.
Legal and General's protection sales slumped 13% last year to £180m (APE).
Legal & General(L&G) saw its UK savings division weather the storm in 2009, with new business APE up 3% to £907m from £879m the previous year.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has hit out at the industry's regulators for imposing what it calls ‘disproportionate' fee hikes and one-off levies on its members.
Healix International has entered into a joint venture with Greek medical and travel cost containment company, HealthWatch.
Scientists have discovered the first stage of a ‘DNA repair engine' that reverses the beneficial effects of chemotherapy.
Capita Financial Software (CFS) has launched a new website bringing together its Quay, Synaptic and Webline product suites.