Individual Protection

Long term sickness will cost the UK economy £66.3bn a year by the end of the decade and is causing depression among more than half of workers affected. This is according to...

  The protection market needs to move with times, which means embracing quality over price once and for all. We’ve heard it all before... there’s a huge protection gap in the UK....

There is no getting around the fact that cancer treatment is costly. Mindful of these costs, the focus for insurers is firmly on prevention and early diagnosis and a more individualised approach...

Axa has blamed higher health claims frequency in the UK as one of the primary factors behind an 8% decline in life and health earnings for 2023. The insurer's full year results...

In a week where protection adviser Raj Chohan (pictured) led her team to victory on The Apprentice, a former colleague has told Health & Protection why her confident performance has come as...

Lloyds Bank has reported an uptick in protection policies sold through its in-branch advisers following mortgage completions. Overall, more than 20,000 families took out protection through the group’s direct channels in 2023,...

More than 102,000 fewer protection policies were sold in 2023 when compared with 2022, according to Gen Re. The reinsurer’s Protection Pulse update for the full year 2023 revealed 102,163 fewer protection...

Zurich Life saw a record-high profit for its life insurance, totalling $2.1bn for 2023, according to its latest results.  Life showed business operating profit of $2,060m in 2023, up from $1,487m in...

LifeSearch has charged its head of expert advice Alan Richardson and people and business leader Chris Mooney with leading its expanded private medical insurance (PMI) advice team. This morning the advice firm...

The majority of UK workers (54% ) say they would feel more financially resilient if they had insurance that would cover their monthly outgoings if they could not work, according to a...