Individual Protection

Private medical insurance (PMI) and cash plans have seen a surge in uptake over the last year while life and income protection (IP) cover have dropped in demand, according to research. The...

MorganAsh has appointed Tracey Johnson as underwriting and claims manager. Johnson has worked in the UK and Irish protection market and with many of the UK’s life insurers, the firm said. It...

Government's Rental Reform Bill provides the "ideal" opportunity to equalise the treatment of income protection for renters. This is according to Richard Walsh, co-chairman of the Building Resilient Households Group, who was...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) reported a 21% increase in revenue through protection and general insurance commission during the first six months of 2023. The advice firm reported £44.9m income through insurance commission...

Reassured is introducing a standardised online trust form for new life and critical illness customers. The broker firm has so far secured agreements with six protection insurers to support the initiative –...

AIG Life's exit from the UK protection market is sad news for high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and customers' with families alike. This is according to advisers Health & Protection spoke with...

Access Financial Services (Access FS) has today launched an in-house digital marketing and lead generation platform for its team of mortgage and protection advisers.  Following its acquisition of Crazy Nerds, a boutique...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation setting new reporting requirements aimed at improving diversity and inclusion across the financial services sector. In particular the proposals focus on boosting diversity...

Aviva has acquired AIG Life UK from AIG subsidiary Corebridge Financial for £460m. AIG Life UK provides a full suite of individual and group protection products. It had 1.3 million individual protection...

MetLife UK has appointed Charlotte Lade as head of customer propositions. In her new role, Lade (pictured) will be responsible for driving innovation in proposition development to enhance the customer experience and...