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Advising on business protection insurance can seem daunting, but leaning on business development managers (BDM) is the key to demystifying these benefits. This is according to advisers participating in a panel session...

Private doctors have revealed the overwhelming state of their severe dissatisfaction and frustration at private medical insurers and their treatment decisions, derecognition processes and fees paid. Research carried out by the Independent...

  Demand for cash plans remains high across UK plc and shows no signs of letting up. That demand is broad, but sectors like hospitality in particular, are jumping aboard the cash...

While two in three to UK adults admit they would struggle financially if they were unable to work, seven in 10 have never investigated buying income protection. This is according to research...

More than a third of firms (34%) are finding evidencing outcomes for vulnerable customers as required by the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty board reporting requirements to be "extremely challenging". This...

Not taking out income protection (IP) is like going into a betting shop and wagering that you will not be sick for the next 50 years. This is according to Gary Waters,...

The NHS may be broken, but people will not need to raid their savings to go private and will not face having to pay charges, according to health secretary Wes Streeting who...

Mark Waters has left his role at Mercer to take on a new role as head of professional excellence at Howden Health and Benefits.  In this new role, Waters (pictured) will work...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) believes the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pending pure protection market study will trigger a wave of consolidation which it intends to take advantage of. The intermediary expects the...

Advisers should be passionate about income protection to properly engage customers. But they should also resist talking down to customers and bamboozling them with jargon or seeing the benefit as purely a...