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The vast majority of young people are struggling with their mental health, according to research from mental health charity Mind. The poll of 2,000 18-24 year olds revealed 95% were struggling with...

Checks made by Aviva staff helped convict an income protection (IP) insurance fraudster after he claimed more than £20,000 of lost income from a job he did not have. Sydenham man Neil...

LSL saw a 3% decline in protection and insurance fee income in 2022, swung to a near £60m pre-tax loss over the year and noted its Pivotal Growth joint venture had not...

Canada Life is offering the Toothfairy a dental care app to all group protection customers. The app has been created by two dentists and uses patent-pending technology to solve a number of...

The UK group risk market posted record premiums over the past year as scheme and member numbers increased, but future growth is being threatened by double taxation of group income protection (GIP),...

Members of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) that offer income protection products paid out £52m in claims over the year, to more than 9,000 customers. The figure was up from £34m...

More than one in five (22%) people with an over-50s life plan are thinking about cancelling their cover due to the cost of living crisis, according to research from Scottish Friendly. The...

Legal & General Group Protection has added second medical opinion, medical concierge and nurse support services from global health company Medigo to its group income protection (GIP) products. The services are available...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has secured £17,000 in financial sponsorship support from a range of key businesses associated with the protection industry. The sponsors including CIExpert, IPipeline, Iress, NMG Consulting, Protection...

Nuffield Health has appointed Matthew Lynn (pictured) as chief financial officer. Having taken up the role on an interim basis in December, Lynn is joining permanently and will lead the charity’s finance,...