Individual Protection

Individual income protection provider Cirencester Friendly paid more than £9.3m in claims in 2023, while its longest running claim has been paid for 33 years. The mutual paid 95.8% of claims paid...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and The Right DA Club have appointed Mark Gould as national account manager working across both propositions. Gould (pictured) starts the role with immediate effect, working...

British Friendly has paid 89% of new income protection claims in 2023 and just under £5m to its members in income protection, discretionary BF care claims and fracture cover claims. The mutual...

New life insurance customers to Bluezone will receive £299 worth of health coaching from Gro Health App, in an extension of the benefits offered by the insurer.  “We're now offering £299 worth...

Royal London has extended its online, signature-free, trust into its Whole of Life (WOL) application journey. Extending its signature-free trusts process to enable a plan to be placed in trust as part...

The midway point of The Apprentice 2024 saw the runners and riders vying to be Lord Sugar's business partner faced with the challenge of developing and pitching a new breakfast cereal. And...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has joined the Consumer Duty Alliance as an affiliate member.  The CDA, which incorporates the financial vulnerability taskforce, aims to help the personal finance sector successfully...

Protection adviser Naomi Greatorex is to take part in a UN Women UK initiative next week aimed at accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls...

Royal London’s protection product premiums fell by 26.7% year-on-year, according to the mutual’s full-year 2023 results. The results reveal that the present value of new business premiums (PVNP) fell from £1,037m in...

Kirsten Davies, marketing executive at Cirencester Friendly, speaks to Health & Protection about taking inspiration from colleague Victoria Clark, seeking out further educational opportunities to further her career and her extensive knowledge...