IHT

Nearly half (46%) of those surveyed said they would never take out life insurance as part of their estate planning, and almost three quarters (72%) said they didn't see a need to use life insurance at all according to research by Canada Life.

There are clear benefits to placing life policies in trust, but only a small number actually end up there. Kirsty Tanner discusses what the industry can do to change this

Old Mutual International has introduced a Trust Decision Tool and Trust Form Finder, to help advisers select trusts for clients.

Justin Taurog discusses case studies that show the value of inheritance tax.

The chancellor George Osborne has announced that the threshold for inheritance tax for a couple will rise to £1m.

Lifequote has added a whole of life (WoL) comparison service, after research found Inheritance Tax (IHT) and estate planning are adding to the demand for WoL.

Leaked documents from the upcoming 2015 Budget have shown that the threshold for inheritance tax (IHT) is set to rise for the first time since 2009.

Legal & General (L&G) has launched an online trust hub to simplify the process of setting up a trust for protection policy holders.

Aegon's results for the first 10 weeks of its latest whole of life offering have exceeded expectations for the provider with the results described as 'fantastic' by its protection director.

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