Zurich

Steve Webb remains "open minded but sceptical" about private income protection insurers becoming involved in the state welfare system.

New wave: Advising consumer savvy retirees in the new pensions world

Zurich is consulting members about closing its final salary schemes to future accrual.

All seven product providers featured on Sesame's ‘focussed' restricted advice panel have denied breaching the regulator's rules on inducements, after the network was fined £1.6m for selling the coveted spots to the highest bidders.

Almost half of consumers due to retire within the next decade will be seeking help from regulated financial advisers, research claims.

The vast majority of advisers want to see uniformity in the terms used for fund share classes, and are prepared to pay more in return, research suggests.

Advisers are asking more and deeper questions when probing what Zurich's platform has to offer, the insurer's head of retail platform strategy Alistair Wilson (pictured) has said.

Prudential's director of UK and European insurance subsidiaries and head actuary has joined the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) as an independent member of the board.

Satisfaction guaranteed? Post-Budget pension pot investing

Insurer Zurich UK Life has recovered after taking a hit in its bond business last year, posting a 10% rise in operating profits in the first half of the year.