Life
OMI creates new role to help advisers with business changes
Old Mutual International has created a new head of distribution development role in London to help support international financial advisers seeking to transform their businesses to deal with the changes sweeping the sector.
Europe’s insurers face business model shake up
European insurers are unlikely to be able to generate sufficient investment returns in future to meet the guaranteed rates offered on many of their regular savings products, according to a new survey by Standard Life Investments.
Life trends: IWI crossing borders
Luc Rasschaert, chief executive of IWI, and Mike Foxall, its UK representative, explain why, having achieved a solid footing in continental Europe, the firm chose to launch its wealth management funds in the UK.
New ‘model manufacturers’ to lead commission disclosure push
The only ever-constant is change but much of it, says RL360°’s David Kneeshaw is to be welcomed, adopted and benefited from.
Zurich to exit general insurance in the Middle East
The Zurich Insurance Group is to cut back its general insurance operation in Middle East as part of a global restructuring that has seen it also exit the life business in Singapore.