Aegon to phase out historic Scot Eq name - covermagazine.co.uk
WEB19 June 2009 •. Aegon is set to drop the famous Scottish Equitable name as part of a strategic re-brand. The firm will begin a phase-out in August, leaving the "more global" Aegon brand to stand alone, in a process it anticipates will take a year. Aegon insists the move is just a branding issue and does not affect its 15-year partnership with ...
Defaqto expands Engage to include all tech required for advice
WEB29 February 2024 • 1 min read. Defaqto is extending its Engage offering and incorporating its adviser software into a single financial planning tool within it in a bid to “reduce costs, improve compliance, and drive revenue” for advice firms. Engage now includes cash flow planning, risk profiling, protection research, suitability report ...
Aviva pulls expat protection: industry reacts - Cover Magazine
WEBThe news broke on 21 May 2024, protection provider, Aviva, had pulled AIG's expatriate cover products with immediate effect. These left cases closed mid application and numerous advisers stuck between customer needs and industry changes. Aviva, which acquired AIG Life on 9 April, 2024,in a deal worth £453 million, has …
Dean Lamble appointed SunLife CEO - Cover Magazine
WEB14 November 2016 • 1 min read. Dean Lamble, previously Managing Director of SunLife has been named as Chief Executive Officer of SunLife as the company looks to expand further into the over-50s market. The insurer, recently bought by The Phoenix Group from AXA, has "ambitious plans" to expand its offering with new products, new value-added ...
Unum appoints Aegon's Mark Till to lead its UK and Poland business
WEBNov 13, 2020 · O'Donnell will continue to lead Unum International through the first quarter of 2021 to ensure a seamless transition, with Till joining the business on 1 February. Mark Till has served Aegon as managing director, platform solutions, responsible for all aspects of the Aegon UK business revenue and proposition for intermediaries and their customers.
The psychology of insurance - Cover Magazine
WEBJaskeet Briah. 23 April 2024 • 5 min read. Jaskeet Briah explores the science of decision-making and overcoming cognitive biases that influence customer decisions in the advice process. We would all like to think we are inherently logical, practical and pragmatic. But the reality is that most of our decisions are at a non-conscious level; we ...
Consumer-duty - Page 1 | COVER
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Health insurers receive lowest customer reviews. "People want to externalise that anger". 25 July 2024 • 3 min read. 1 2 3. The latest consumer-duty articles from COVER - Page 1.
Royal London upgrades critical illness cover
WEB04 December 2023 • 4 min read. Royal London has widened coverage on its critical illness (CI) cover by improving, changing and adding definitions to expand the scope for claims, including putting in place the newly required Association of …
Income protection interest surges among 25-44 year olds - Cover …
WEBMar 22, 2021 · New research from LV= has found around 8.3 million of 25-44 year olds in the UK without income protection (IP) cover are potentially interested in taking out income protection insurance to safeguard their earnings. The LV= Wealth and Wellbeing Monitor report, which surveyed over 4,000 UK adults in December last year, showed 48% of …
Over half of private UK renters have no protection - Cover Magazine
WEBAug 19, 2024 · According to Scottish Widows research. Scottish Widows has found that 56% of private renters in the UK have no form of financial protection in place despite one third needing to take extended time off work. The provider surveyed 4,043 UK adults, including 1,000 self-employed workers and 1,000 private renters - …
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