Protection

The number of protection policies sold in 2025 rose 1.4% continuing the market's incremental recovery, according to data from reinsurer Gen Re. New policies sold rose to 2,042,789 last year from 2,015,560...

Aviva is expanding its AI underwriting summarisation tool to support individual critical illness (CI) insurance applications.  The move means the insurer will now be able to summarise most individual protection applications where...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has added CoverMyBubble and Omny Benefits as members, while Meg Kirby MBE, founder of charity LegaCare, is to become an ambassador. Emma Astley, founder and adviser at...

UnderwriteMe has launched AI Engine for post-issue audits, an automated misrepresentation detection solution designed to help life insurers dramatically expand audit coverage —without increasing underwriting resource. Post-issue audits are reviews conducted after...

Spectrum.Life has entered the Australian market through the acquisitions of Melbourne-based MindFit at Work and Sydney-based We Lysn and Valion Health. Rather than entering the Australian market organically, Spectrum.Life explained it has...

Lianne Jackson has joined National Friendly as business development manager (BDM). Jackson (pictured) joins from Bupa where she had been a BDM since 2024 and will report directly to Gifford Clay, head...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) saw its protection revenue increase by more than 13% in 2025 to break the £100m mark with sales up 7%. The national mortgage and protection intermediary earned £102.7m...

Benefits payable from stand-alone registered group life pension schemes will be exempt from inheritance tax (IHT) changes, the government has clarified. This aligns with the treatment of retirement benefit schemes that provide...

Advisers need to change their approach if they are to increase membership of income protection (IP) products among younger consumers, according to three industry leaders. Sector representatives noted how the product was...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will undergo a series of significant reforms aimed at returning it to its original purpose of being a “simple, impartial dispute resolution service“. This will include a...