Individual Protection

While advisers want tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI), they think there is zero chance of it happening in today's Spring Budget. Ahead of the chancellor's address to Parliament this afternoon,...

Legal & General has seen a 7.9% increase in protection new business annual premiums year-on-year, according to its full year 2023 results. The results show protection new business annual premiums rose from...

The Exeter has told Health & Protection that according to its internal data, a total of 3,756 appointments were booked last year with specialists on its member benefits app, HealthWise. This equated...

Zurich has made changes to its service offering for large case customers after concluding an end-to-end review. After listening to adviser feedback, the insurer is implementing multiple changes in a bid to...

National Friendly has implemented a series of changes to its income protection (IP) policy, effective from 5 March 2024. The changes mean the friendly society’s IP policy now allows members to choose...

There are no easy solutions to the problem of overcoming barriers to income protection cover for customers with less than two years of GP records. This is according to a protection insurer...

Voting for the Health & Protection Awards 2024 is now open. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding in their respective sectors during...

Financial services company SunLife, part of Phoenix Group, has appointed Victoria Heath as chief marketing officer. Heath joins SunLife from Vanquis Bank, bringing with her over 20 years of strategic marketing experience including...

The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has appointed Shepherds Friendly, Ann-Marie O’Dea, as board chairwoman. Previously vice-chairwoman, she succeeds Stuart Tragheim, who has stood down following his retirement from Holloway Friendly Society...

Aviva is altering its digital GP support through its Aviva DigiCare+ app to let individual protection customers benefit from up to three digital GP consultations a year, at no extra cost. The...