Individual Protection

For many countries with ageing populations, dementia presents major challenges: from the provision and costs of social care to the burden of appraising novel medical technologies targeting the dementia care market. Insurers...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not believe proposals to reduce the value measures reporting requirements on insurers will create conflicts of interest. The regulator has launched a consultation on dropping two...

Underwriting processes and dealing with pre-existing conditions dominate adviser demands for industry improvements. Health & Protection’s exclusive research conducted among more than 200 advisers operating in the UK individual protection market revealed...

Howden Employee Benefits chief operating officer (COO) Peter Murphy has taken on an expanded remit with responsibility for the firm’s combined employee benefits business, which spans 2,600 UK colleagues following the integration...

National Friendly has appointed Paul Allen as chief marketing officer, Peter Stanley as deputy chief actuary and Danny Turner as business development manager. Allen joins from Zurich, where he was head of...

Royal London has highlighted the value of free cover after paying a recent income protection (IP) claim to a customer whose application was still being underwritten when they became unable to work....

Guardian paid £31.7m in claims to people and their families suffering from illness or bereavement last year, but misrepresentation climbed 140%. This was almost 50% more than the £21m it handed to...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has launched its a value-added services matrix, a free tool providing advisers with a quick-view summary of the value-added services and wellness support offered alongside individual...

Fintel, which includes SimplyBiz and specialist protection distributor Omni Protect, has seen static revenue in the first half of 2026.  The group’s unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June confirmed...

Walsham Brothers, a specialist provider of mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI), has joined Paradigm Protect’s panel. Adviser members of UK protection and general insurance distributor Paradigm Protect, will now have access to...