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Nine in 10 advisers think income protection (IP) sales will grow over the next five years. This is according to the Protection Distributors Group's (PDG) Protection Insights Report 2026. The report reveals...

Complex issues involving multiple regulators and critical stress tests are being simplified by artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies, the World of America Convention has heard. Regulation is an ever-present subject for...

Abigail Montrose hears how changes to Inheritance Tax rules are triggering steep demand for protection planning but greater collaboration is needed.   Changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) rules bringing more people and...

Almost a third of advisers have changed the way they recommend critical illness cover in the past two years following a campaign spearheaded by a comparison service. Around three in 10 advisers...

Heidi has acquired UK-based clinical AI firm AutoMedica as it bids to evolve from an AI scribe to an AI care partner. The firm said its acquisition will seek to bring clinical...

The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies will encourage more people to invest internationally and make it more accessible, the World of America Convention has heard. It should also mean...

New research has uncovered an alarming trend which could leave many people struggling to pay their bills if they were unable to work due to illness or injury. LV’s fourth Reaching Resilience...

Three adviser groups will be represented at the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pure protection market study stakeholder workshop. The workshop will bring together adviser, insurer and consumer representatives, primarily through seven trade...

There are encouraging signs that attitudes to income protection (IP) have shifted, with many young people now more open to it than older generations. The protection industry has historically struggled to engage...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and similar technologies are already having a significant effect on healthcare for international patients and will go further, the World of America Convention has heard. Hospitals and insurers are...