GPs have become so poor at returning medical request forms that advisers have been forced to attend appointments with patients to ensure they are completed.
PruProtect has said it is "bullish" about the future for the protection market and that it is aiming to be a major player in the UK market.
Openwork has produced a protection quote application for Apple mobile devices.
Personal Touch has added a multi-tie protection panel to join its whole of market offering.
Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has introduced a new life and protection panel to run alongside its existing whole of market (WOM) offering.
Cirencester friendly's income protection (IP) product has been added to Intrinsic's protection panel.
British Friendly has launched its income protection (IP) product with network Positive Solutions.
Paradigm has kicked off a revamp of its protection offering by adding Bupa Individual Protection's proposition to its Elite protection panel.
Stonebridge Group has agreed a strategic affiliation with PruProtect for its protection proposition.
Protection products will be ‘pivotal' to adviser firms' future prosperity, according to Sesame Bankhall.