Individual Protection

Advisers need to be clear on what is, and what is not covered in income protection (IP) polices, the Protection Review Conference 2024 has heard. This is especially important when they use...

Iress has added ex-smoker questions to income protection (IP) underwriting on its sourcing platform, extending it from term and critical illness comparisons. The firm said the ex-smoker feature - supported at launch...

The protection sector needs to focus its attention on a ruling which threatens to drive a "coach and horses" through every part of commission in financial services, according to Robert Sinclair, chief...

Beagle Street has signed up to the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) Funeral Payment Pledge to offer payments for funeral expenses for customers where bereavement claims may be being delayed. The insurer, which...

Following its acquisition of AIG Life UK, Aviva has signed a five-year partnership deal with the NatWest Group for the distribution of its protection insurance products through NatWest’s UK retail banking brands...

A trio of cancer-beating opera artistes, including a soprano, tenor and a pianist, is aiming to give voice to the 77,000 people waiting more than two months for cancer treatment since getting...

MPs and peers are proposing that the appointed representative (AR) regime should either be banned entirely or networks should be made 100% responsible for their ARs. They suggest the Financial Conduct Authority...

Individual protection sales continued to recover in the third quarter of 2024, slightly outpacing the same period last year for the second consecutive period. The two periods of slight increases appear to...

Aviva is enhancing its fracture cover benefit for new protection policies to improve financial support for customers during their recovery. Cover is available for 18 types of bone fractures and 11 of...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted some of the good practices found in its review of the bereavement claims process and urged insurers to take note of them and potential areas...