Advisers cite SME cost pressures as top concern but health demand soars
Cost pressures on SMEs and the economic environment are driving business worries for workplace protection advisers, but the growing interest...
L&G updates CI proposition and extends all guaranteed insurability options
Legal & General Retail has made a series of updates to its critical illness (CI) proposition including increased payments for...
Guardian unveils first IP product eyeing ‘significant’ opportunity in growing market
Guardian is launching its first income protection (IP) product with a roll out set for the coming weeks. The product...
FCA wants advisers to complain if they do not get insurer target market data
Advisers should complain to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) if they do not receive target market data from insurers as...
How providers and advisers are meeting the financial wellbeing crisis – analysis
Spiralling inflation and energy costs have combined to create a cost of living crisis in which some people have been...
British Friendly pays 90% of IP claims
British Friendly paid 90% of new income protection (IP) claims in 2022 and just over £5m to its members in...
Unum pays £395m in claims but warns remote working delaying GIP interventions
Unum UK paid a total of £395m in claims in 2022, up £29m on 2021, with around £216m of the...
Health Summit: ONS analysing barriers to mental health as middle-aged issues soar
As suicides, drug and alcohol-related deaths increase among the middle aged, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed it...
‘My hope is Consumer Duty will clean out remaining bits of foul practice’ – Baigrie
The past 25 years have seen protection insurance evolve into a substantial specialist field that is inarguably a key cornerstone...
Legal & General joins Consumer Duty Alliance
Legal & General has joined professional body the Consumer Duty Alliance (CDA) which launched on 9 March. The body has...
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