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Advisers bullish about buoyant IP sales prospects over next five years – PDG
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...
Read moreWoA Convention: AI helping tackle complex regulation and capital management
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...
Read moreHouse of Lords Protection Roundtable: IHT rule changes bring huge growth potential
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...
Read moreMore advisers recommending individual critical illness cover – CIExpert
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...
Read moreHeidi targets expanded role with AutoMedica acquisition
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...
Read moreFCA prioritising protection claims experiences and product switching incentives
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will look into claims experiences and incentives for consumers to switch products as part of its pure protection market study. The regulator has already confirmed it will further...
Read moreWoA convention: AI will encourage more people to invest internationally but creates ‘experts in nothing’
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...
Read morePet cover trumps income protection as insurance priority
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...
Read moreFCA protection market study workshop to feature three advice bodies
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...
Read moreYounger generations key to increasing UK’s chronic lack of IP – Nash
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...
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