For we ‘insider observers’, this is a sadly typical example of corporate full-circle decision- (or...
Life Insurance
“UK workers choose pet insurance over protection policies”
I’ve talked before of the under-pensioned and not-willing-or-able to save current Gens. That there...
“‘Squeezed middle’ falling into protection gap”
Most of the industry insiders bemoaning The Advice Gap focus on the numbers not saving, or not...
“Over half of parents risk financial security due to lack of protection”
In days of yore, when most of the older generation of financial advisers were selling life...
“Critical illness insurance suffers from ‘identity crisis’”
I have said many times that the many of us who once made a life-insurance-commission-based living...
“Nearly half of UK workers overestimate cost of insurance policies”
One reason a lot of people don’t take out life insurance is that they think it will be...
“‘One in 10 life insurance holders influenced by social media”
I do believe, with the great gift of hindsight, that we were all better protected when there were...
“‘Savers must prioritise life cover'”
Large numbers of financial advisers in the later stages of evolution started their careers as men...
“Protection adviser: ‘I tell clients the story of my widowed father'”
Life insurance salesmen used to have a worse reputation than second-hand car dealers and...
“Phoenix set to buy 200-year old Standard Life brand from SLA – reports”
So here we go again. A supposed new broom dropped in to a big, successful, well-respected and...
“Zombie life insurer Phoenix to buy Standard Life Aberdeen insurance arm in £3.2bn deal”
There’s not much to choose between many of the biggest life and pensions companies. Most have some...