Home Page Splash

The numbers of long Covid sufferers insurers are helping with income protection (IP) support ranges from under 20 to more than 70 at one provider, Health & Protection can reveal. Earlier this...

Insurers need to get more creative in designing income protection (IP) cover for people who have suffered cancer or heart disease, according to Royal London. The insurer told the Income Protection Taskforce’s...

The UK government has admitted it is not prepared to pay more than £850 to analyse contracts worth £14.7bn for personal protective equipment (PPE) bought during the Covid-19 pandemic. The government has...

Advisers need to remove any inner bias they may have towards a particular form of protection so that they can do the right thing by their customers. This is according to Kate...

Advisers need to move beyond initial conversation starters and really take clients down the rabbit hole to unlock the true value of income protection (IP) for clients. This is according to Sam...

The ministerial position for mental health, suicide prevention and patient safety has still not been filled after Nadine Dorries' departure to become culture secretary. The post was created last year and was...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not expect adviser levies for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to drop until 2025. This would mean health and protection advice firms are likely to...

Insurers have told Health & Protection they are more likely to investigate creating solutions to help plug the country's social care gap now there is more certainty about future costs. Announcing a...

Zurich paid out more than £222m to retail customers who made claims on their life, critical illness, and income protection policies in the first half of the year. The H1 2021 figures...

"It's been fascinating," says Louise Colley of her first and rather hectic nine months as head of retail protection at Zurich Insurance. Colley is one of the insurance industry's most recognisable and...