Protection academy receives industrywide backing

The Protection Review's joint venture with PFS has already gained backing from insurance providers, friendly societies and re-insurers. Although not exclusively aimed at advisers, it is hoped the academy will encourage more IFAs to enter the protection market and raise the standards of all those involved already. Roger Edwards, proposition director of Bright Grey and Scottish Provident, said: "It's so important that we all pull together and help support initiatives like this to increase the profile of the protection industry. "By getting behind this we can really increase the impor...