Protection

Let me ask you a question: How many people try to tell you things every day of the week?

Scottish Widows has pulled its protection quotations from industry portals, prompting concerns it too has effectively exited the protection market following Standard Life's departure earlier today.

Standard Life has pulled out of the protection market, describing its own proposition "sub-scale" and non-profit making.

I'm writing this blog on Friday 23 November 2007; an innocuous day, you may think. But it serves as the 44th anniversary of two important events.

AXA is considering scrapping the ongoing duty of disclosure across its protection range.

AXA is piloting medical screening in pharmacies in a bid to speed up and simplify applications for its protection products.

CONVENIENCE has become a byword for modern living and we all expect things to come to hand easier, faster and cheaper than ever before.

AXA has reduced the premiums across a range of its protection products, with an average cut of 1.5%.

Dean Buckley has been appointed as the new CEO of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), the asset management arm of Lloyds TSB and Scottish Widows.

Consumers are five times more likely not to disclose important medical and lifestyle information on paper applications than tele-underwritten forms, according to AXA.