Aegon has added risk managed portfolios to the range of investments Financial Planners can choose from on its platforms, its first available beyond a pension wrapper.

The loss of face to face client engagement due to the Coronavirus pandemic is hitting advisers ability to find new clients, according to 73% of advisers polled for a new survey.

The not-for-profit Initiative for Financial Wellbeing (IFW) - set up by Financial Planning entrepreneur Chris Budd - has signed up Aegon as its first ‘founder partner’ member.

Aegon saw a sharp fall in Critical Illness claims during the pandemic but a surge in life insurance claims.