RDR

With the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) coming, the NZ government illustrates a low-cost approach to distributing protection products. Greg Becker explains

Almost 30 million protection policies were in force last year with consumers receiving over £32m per day in benefits, according to the ABI.

Cirencester friendly's income protection (IP) product has been added to Intrinsic's protection panel.

HM Treasury believes simple products by definition should be allowed to be sold without advice.

Avelo has added its weight to those predicting protection sales will grow with IFAs increasing focus to it after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is introduced.

A 'read-across' of the retail distribution review (RDR) to the protection space remains a possibility and intermediaries must continue to lobby hard to prevent it, an industry consultant said.

According to research reported in last month's COVER, many IFAs have poor protection market knowledge. Do you agree and what should be done about it? Do we need a dedicated protection exam?

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has clarified the conditions firms need to meet to qualify for an exemption from the Retail Distribution Review's (RDR's) adviser charging and professionalism requirements when selling income protection products...

Technology is generally considered a ‘good thing' in insurance, having come a long way from such primitive beginnings. But which technology, and how does it fit protection? Stuart Hayman investigates

While experience counts for something, training in a post-RDR environment should not be seen as a regulatory burden, says Julie Pardy