Business

'Rely on plan B'

Tom Baigrie, the chief executive of protection broker LifeSearch, has hit out at product providers for pretending to "police" advisers' relationships with their customers, a practice he dubbed "institutional petty theft".

Scottish Widows is considering re-entering the IFA protection market, possibly in 2014.

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Almost two-thirds (63%) of small, family-run businesses would not survive the loss of a key member of staff, according to Scottish Widows.

Business protection is one of the largest untapped markets in desperate need of financial advice. Clare Harrop issues a call to arms

Friends Life has completed its full launch with the unveiling of its individual protection proposition for IFAs.

Protection and health insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) leapt sharply in the second three months of the year.

Legal & General has warned that advisers could be vulnerable to complaints action is they fail to ensure that business protection clients have completed the correct legal paperwork.

British bosses are more likely to protect their office equipment than their key staff, according to new research.