Friends Life

As someone who feels passionate about women having financial protection and owns a practice that specialises in advising women, I wrote a lot of protection business before G-Day.

Sesame Bankhall has confirmed Barclays has been appointed to review "strategic options" for the group, seemingly confirming industry speculation that parent Friends Life is putting the network up for sale.

Friends Life is launching of a suite of online tools for advisers to assist them in advising clients on long term care solutions, particularly those receiving or about to receive care.

Friends Life is allegedly letting key senior managers go in its continued redundancies as part of its widescale company restructure, industry sources have revealed.

In the latest of a series exploring the finer points of critical illness protection, CIExpert's Alan Lakey examines children's cover/

Gender-neutral increases will move providers away from competing on price and restore a more consumer-led market, Friends Life has said.

Friends Life has maintained its position on the rejected critical illness and life insurance claim of a father of two that died of cancer, despite a high-profile campaign backed by celebrities Stephen Fry and Miranda Hart for it to reverse its decision....

Friends Life has said that 150 jobs are under threat of redundancy as part of an ongoing company restructure and cost-cutting plan.

Friends Life has announced enhancements to its Group Critical Illness proposition.

One third (32%) of the UK's working population has called in sick to work due to stress, 52% of those in the last year.