... that there will be rationalization of the life and pensions industry and, along with it, a shift towards more acceptable and innovative forms of distribution with traditional direct sales being the major loser and bancassurance and direct writing being the main winners. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Distribution Life insurance...

... the number of FIMBRA‐registered IFAs declined from over 13,000 to approximately 6,500(Mintel, 1991) This scale of decline would appear to be supported by comparative figures of the value of life insurance business conducted through independent and tied distributors before and after the introduction...

...Stephen Diacon The advent of the Single European Market will have a significant effect on the competitive position in EC life insurance markets. This arises not only from enhanced freedom of establishment and the freedom of services to conduct cross‐frontier trade in insurance, but also from...

... | International Journal of Bank Marketing 4,1 with the Life Insurance Act which introduced a number of policy holderprotection measures and created the office of the Life Insurance Commissioner, giving him sweeping powers to police the operations of Australian life assurance. Control of life offices passed from...