Majority of brokers are actively cross-selling

Mortgage brokers actively cross-selling protection products

Story by: Gemma Westacott, FTAdviser

The majority of mortgage brokers are actively cross-selling protection products to their clients in a bid to diversify their businesses, new research has identified.

  • Time published: 16.38
  • Date published: 06.01.2009
  • Published in: Insurance

Follow the lead to return unclaimed assets - Norwich

Norwich Union is calling on the financial services industry to follow its lead and return unclaimed assets to customers.

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

Gov't delays Equitable Life pay-outs

Equitable Life has hit out at the lack of a government response to regulatory failures that contributed to substantial losses for the insurer's policyholders.

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

Lifting Isa limit is key to raising UK savings - ABI

The Isa limit needs to be increased to £10,800 a year as soon as possible, according to the Association of British Insurers.

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

Britons fail to rate protection insurance highly - poll

Only a third of British consumers would consider cutting back their monthly expenditure to fund protection insurance as the credit crunch rolls onto a new year, according to Zurich.

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

Friends' CEO refuses to rule out takeover in '09

Trevor Matthews says only the brave could dare predict the future of Friends

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

Pru survey highlights down-beat adviser feeling

Advisers do not expect economic recovery during 2009, according to research by Prudential.

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

Insurers ask for clarification over DWP proposals

Further consultation by the department of work and pensions must eradicate any ambiguity for employers about age discrimination and flexible retirement, according to Standard Life and Aegon.

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

Tenet creates Paragon offshore company

A professional indemnity insurance company has been launched by Tenet, amid fears providers will increase their rates in the current conditions.

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

Mis-selling of PPI needs collective redress, says Fos

Complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service have been buoyed by media campaigns about specific issues such as mortgage payment protection insurance, Fos revealed.

  • Date published: 08.01.2009

NUH adds rehabilitation service to PMI product

Norwich Union Healthcare (NUH) has enhanced its Optimum Private Medical Insurance product, aimed at helping customers tackle employee absence.

  • Date published: 05.01.2009

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The best and the worst

Some protection ideas put forth last year have not shown their true potential yet.

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 18.12.2008
  • Published in: Insurance

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TEPid market to warm up

In uncertain times, traded endowment policies provide guaranteed returns and a solution to the with profits problems of the past. Gareth Shaw finds that many offer surprisingly good value

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 01.01.2009
  • Published in: Insurance

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Friendly approach

Complexity is one of the main reasons behind the lack of income protection policy sales. Helen Pridham looks at why the more straightforward friendly society approach is gaining supporters

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 01.01.2009
  • Published in: Insurance

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Life challenges - and opportunities

The UK life market will face serious challenges in 2009. But Annabel Gorringe, lead analyst at Datamonitor, argues that there remain significant opportunities in the difficult times ahead

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 01.01.2009
  • Published in: Insurance

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