Individual Protection

Advised pure protection product sales rose by almost 18% over the last four years while non-advised sales dropped by nearly 9%, with intermediaries increasing their market share to more than 83% of...

Colin Boxall has officially retired from the health and protection industry, he announced yesterday. Boxall (pictured centre right) was owner and executive director of the Maidstone-based Advo Group for more than 16...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) raised a further £69m for the Treasury in June 2024, according to latest HM Revenue & Customs tax receipts data. Following a record £8.1bn of IPT collections last...

While the number of people economically inactive due to long-term sickness has dropped to 2.81 million people, the latest figures show the number remains at historically high levels. Office for National Statistics...

The Labour government has pledged to take action to get people back in employment following the impact of the pandemic, as part of measures announced in today's King Speech. Since the pandemic...

A mortgage and protection advice firm has had its permissions to operate cancelled by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after failing to pay more than £3,500 of fees from 2019. The regulator...

Most renters would take out income protection if it contributed to their credit rating. This is according to research from Canopy and LifeSearch conducted with 594 Canopy customers which also found 74% of...

The Employee Assistance Professionals Association UK (EAPA) has expressed sadness over allegations that Health Assured breached its professional standards over the issue of confidentiality, and has opened an investigation. “EAPA UK is...

Helen Croft is leaving AIG Life to join global reinsurer Scor as head of life and health underwriting. Croft started at AIG Life back in 2013 as a development underwriter, progressing to...

Four in 10 advisers have changed their client servicing approach as a result of Consumer Duty. This is according to Royal London’s biannual adviser survey, where 528 respondents were questioned about the...