Financial Options Group is rolling out a commercial insurance service to all its member firms.
The service provided by Burke Ford was initially piloted at 40 of its firms, but will now be available to all Financial Options member firms and those of recently acquired Kestrel Network.
The service will provide corporate clients with general insurance programmes to suit the clients needs.
The network hopes to generate over 200 enquiries a month.
Co-operative Insurance Society is using Fathers' day on Sunday June 20, to promote awareness of term assurance protection.The life office describes the best present a father can receive is knowing his family would be financially protected in the event of his death.It adds that there is more to recognising the importance of fathers than merely […]
The House of Lords will this week debate the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill, the legislation which introduces the framework for stakeholder pensions.But the Government could face defeat on its plans to replace the Serps-based pension with a bereavement allowance. The bill could then be forced to the House of Commons.
Royal & SunAlliance International is adding three new European fund links to its mirror range of offshore funds.The new funds are all euro-denominated. RSAIFS now has five euro funds within its mirror range. Two of the new funds will be externally managed.The new links will allow RSAIFS customers access to the Fidelity Euro Bond fund, […]
Legal & General is launching a fixed term EuroSupertracker linked to the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index.The investment which is available as an Isa or for pep transfers has a term of six years.The EuroSupertracker aims to provide capital growth by tracking the index over the term.It offers to match the investment growth plus […]
Despite the surprises the market always springs on investors, for the Loomis Sayles US Equity Leaders Fund, macro events are not a factor in its own decision making.
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Pimco has followed in the footsteps of its US rivals Vanguard and JP Morgan Asset Management to announce it will absorb research costs under Mifid II. The California-headquartered bond manager would not comment on the hit to revenues, Financial News reports. JPMAM confirmed last week it would absorb the costs when the European regulation comes into place at the […]
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