Defaqto has called the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling to ban gender based pricing as "probably the biggest change to affect the life and protection industry for a long time."
Defaqto believes the onus is on insurers to make the new ABI critical illness (CI) statement of best practice a success.
Defaqto has launched new Star Ratings for short-term income protection.
Ben Heffer provides Paul Robertson with an insight into the workings behind Defaqto and an analysis of the market's future
Does the external rating of products add value and what can advisers use them for? Ben Heffer explains
With the protection sector dominated by giants of the insurance world, Owain Thomas spoke to Cirencester friendly's Paul Hudson to hear a smaller provider's view
Independent financial research company Defaqto has published an Income Protection review aiming to help advisers deliver customer-centred advice on income protection.
A Third of new mortgage debt has no associated life cover a report by independent financial research company Defaqto has found.
Distribution challenges threaten to derail the protection sector from capitalising on "a golden opportunity" to sell, according to Defaqto.
The FSAs consultation on Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling has costly ramifications for the PPI industry according to financial research company Defaqto.