retail distribution review
S&P : UK life insurers face hard choices in view of regulatory reforms
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today published a report discussing its view of the ongoing regulatory changes in the U.K. life insurance market (see...
Aviva : launch of a new online CPD tool
Aviva has announced the launch of a new online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) tool. Designed to give advisers access to relevant CPD in order...
Friends Life : announces their approach to the Retail Distribution Review
Friends Life today announces its approach to the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and the measures being put in place to secure a smooth transition...
RDR : insurance glossary
The Retail Distribution Review or RDR is a process set up by the Financial Services Authority or FSA to regulate how recommendations are made...
Fitch Ratings : the Retail Distribution Review will reduce IFA dominance in UK Life insurance sector
According to a new report from Fitch Ratings, the UK Financial Services Authority's Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will cause some short-term market disruption as...
Aviva : UK consumers more likely to turn towards friends and family for financial advice
Friends and family appear to be the top influencers when it comes to financial advice says Aviva concerning UK consumers.
Nearly three-quarters (70%) of 18-24...
Financial advisers getting to grips with RDR
Financial advisers are getting to grips with the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Aviva’s latest intermediary research. With two years to go until RDR...
Clarity needed from FSA to ensure wider access to financial advice
The FSA must act quickly to secure the benefits of its changes to the financial advice market, says the ABI. The message comes in...
Aviva responded to the FSA’s consultation paper on Retail Distribution Review (RDR)
Aviva has responded to the Financial Services Authority’s Consultation Paper on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). Following extensive research among consumers and advisers, it...
ABI challenges FSA on Retail Distribution Review qualification issues
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has responded to the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA’s) Consultation Paper on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) by applauding...
