UK Insurance Trends

Having a Good Pandemic? 9.5m Of Brits Are Better Off

Research from pensions and retirement specialist LV= highlights how the finances and emotional wellbeing of UK consumers continues to improve as we approach the end of Covid restrictions. The latest LV= Wealth and Wellbeing Monitor […]

Investment

Comment on Ignition Wealth’s Advisor Role

Ian McKenna, founder of AdviserSoftware.com and the Financial Technology Research Centre, comments on M&G’s appointment of Ignition Wealth to develop a new hybrid advice proposition:  “This morning‘s announcement is significant for Ignition Wealth, M&G and […]

News

Deals: Royal London Buys Wealth Wizards

Royal London, the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, today announces the purchase, subject to regulatory approval, of Wealth Wizards, a market leading fintech business. The acquisition reinforces our commitment to financial advisers […]

UK Insurance Trends

Oxford Risk Says Investors Are Checking Social Sentiment

A new survey by behavioural finance experts Oxford Risk reveals the increasing influence social media has on UK investors, with 7% saying they use Facebook as a source of information for their investment decisions. Similarly, […]

Investment

HNW Advisors Often Box Ticking, Not Actually Advising

Far too many wealth advisers view risk profiling as an unnecessary box-ticking exercise, leading to poor client outcomes, according to behavioural finance experts Oxford Risk. Risk profiling is essential to providing good advice and ensuring […]

Insurance Brokers

Niche Brokerage: Risks For Pro Athletes Are Many and Varied

What are the insurance risks for professional sportspersons? IE mag takes a look. Insurance is often regarded as a grudge purchase – we do it because we have to. Without insurance, we are left unprotected […]

Investment

Survey Suggests That Investors Are Taking Control, Cutting Out Advisers

New research from ETF provider GraniteShares reveals that over the next five years, 60% of wealth managers and IFAs expect clients to start managing more of their investable assets such as pensions and ISAs themselves, as […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Xpension Raises 25m Euros in Series C Funding Round

Investment within the insurtech and fintech sectors continues, despite the Corona outbreak. One area where transformation is overdue is the Life and Pensions sector, where a `buy it, store it and forget it’ approach has […]