IFA

The year to 2014 saw an increase of 163 in the number of financial advice firms, figures from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) revealed.

Chartered insurance professionals are paid above 25% more than non-chartered practitioners, research by CII has found.

In part one of three videos, AIG Life's managing director Darren Spriggs tells COVER about AIG's purchase of Ageas Protect, Ageas Protect's rebranding to AIG Life and what advisers need to know about the changes.

In the third part of his series on adviser business strategies, John Joe McGinley says successful advisers will have a greater focus on segmenting clients.

Panacea Adviser and Glassagh Consulting have launched a guide for advisers to help them adapt to meet current and future needs for clients.

Six things advisers need to know

Legal & General's Richard Kateley urges advisers to first consider their own business protection needs as a starting point before offering plans to clients.

Advisers support the introduction of simplified protection products, with 79.4% seeing a place in the market for them, a survey has found.

IFA Compliance has announced that it will now make CIExpert available to all adviser firms who are customers.

I am an IFA and I understand new intestacy laws have been introduced. Can you please explain what these are and what I should be discussing with my clients?