Individual Protection

Scott Cadger, head of protection product, underwriting and claims at Scottish Widows, is to leave the group after 21 years with the business. Cadger (pictured) announced his impending departure from Scottish Widows...

The insurance sector has been talking about ensuring more customers take out critical illness cover for the past 30 years, but all that has happened in that time is that the protection...

Ascend Broking Group’s success at the Health & Protection Awards was a “massive step up” and was a contributor to the broker attracting the funding to drive the business forward. This is...

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...

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...

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...