Protection

Aegon Scottish Equitable is holding a series of seminars which aim to help advisers target and start writing business protection.

How many different ways can there be of doing the same thing, and is the requirement of a signature really something that insurers should be competing on, or should there be some standardisation?

THE former chief executive of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has died aged 50 after being struck down by hypothermia in the Pyrenees.

The majority of providers seem to be waiting until the last possible moment before they implement the ABI's new critical illness definitions, but I'm still not convinced they will make product and marketing material any clearer.

Bright Grey is incorporating the Association of British Insurers' new critical illness definitions from the start of next week and is adding four new illnesses to its cover.

Bupa has confirmed it is in preliminary discussions over the sale of its UK hospitals division, a move which is expected to generate around £1bn for the healthcare group.

Chris Phillips, the outgoing chief executive of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, has died suddenly during a walking holiday in Spain.

The number of young people buying life cover fell by 5% to 31% of all protection policies written by Lifesearch during the last 12 months, according to figures from the firm.

Most traditional investment funds major on one sort of asset. They're equity funds, bond funds or property funds.

Gordon Brown has just delivered his 11th and almost certainly his last Budget if he is to take over the reins of Prime Minister from Tony Blair this autumn. A few pennies off one tax and a few on another has left most of us wondering who is better off...