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An outspoken critic of the new qualification requirements for advisers has revealed he considered 'passporting' his business into the UK from Dublin in a bid to bypass the rules.
Adviser Alliance is looking to take on new directors in a bid to move the organisation to a “new level” where it can challenge the remit of the FCA.
The head of a newly-launched adviser trade body to rival AIFA has rejected industry calls for a “united voice”.
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Smaller mutual societies could disappear due to the increasing burden of regulatory costs, Exeter Family Friendly has warned.
Last week, COVER's sister title Mortgage Solutions examined the key issues in the protection industry, with insight and analysis from experts across the sector.
Insurers must continue using their online systems in to post sales care to support advisers and their client relationships, an industry working group has demanded.
PruProtect has called critics of its desire for protection to be made compulsory as being “defeatist” and argued that the need is “very clear”.
I have a client making a claim on a critical illness (CI) policy. The provider is suggesting they take a lump sum payment rather than the family income benefit (FIB) they originally bought. I realise there are various arguments for each side, but what would be the one that swings it toward FIB?
LV= has produced a plain English guide offering simplified explanations for advisers to use when explaining critical illnesses (CI) to clients.
Can you see a change in focus for the FSA’s replacement, following its renaming to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), rather than the previously suggested Consumer Protection and Markets Authority (CPMA)?
Adviser Alliance is steaming ahead with plans to launch a judicial review into the lack of a long-stop after an IFA lost a case relating to a 20-year claim.
Advisers are preparing immediate mail-outs to clients to warn them of the impact of today's ECJ ban on gender-based insurance pricing.
Alan Lakey, founder of IFA lobby group Adviser Alliance, has hit back at comments made by new AIFA director general Stephen Gay on "shouting" anti-RDR pressure groups.
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