Client Acquisition

Jelf is set to attack the schemes and affinities market with a dedicated team team by Rob Rees as managing director.

Aviva and Pink have today launched a Protection Academy providing industry entrants and mortgage advisers with training to expert level on how to sell protection products

Royal assent has been given to the Legal Aid: Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, which removes legal aid from a series of welfare issues.

The Income Protection Task Force has completed a draft Charter setting out the obligations and opportunities of companies selling Income Protection.

Government figures for the quarter to August 2011 reveal that 54% of people who go through the Work Capability Assessment are found fit for some form of work.

The UK savings crisis can be partly attributed to the lack of any government-led savings policy, a report by the Institute of Directors (IoD) argues.

Comparison sites are failing to provide consumers with the best deal and should be strictly regulated, Which? has said.

Insurance company websites are not meeting even the most basic customer experience standards according to a recent survey.

The increased use of integrated technology systems and social media will be vital to the development of IFA businesses post RDR, Aviva has warned.

Foster Denovo envisages the market will continue to experience similar challenges in the first half of 2010, and employers are going to be continually working to keep costs down.