Individual Protection

Insurers need to up their game in providing better access to annual benefit statements and added value services. This is according to panellists assembled for the final day of the Income Protection...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) says it stands ready to help the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) better "understand and differentiate" regulation of protection sector commission after the regulator's warning to the market....

While delays in protection underwriting are commonplace now due to increased GP workloads created by the pandemic, such waits can be turned into a positive - and may even save a life....

YuLife has the launched Yuniversity, a series of in-app continuing professional development (CPD) courses for brokers. The courses, which have been awarded CPD accreditation by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), aim to...

Despite 42% of UK adults with protection products experiencing significant life changes, only 28% consulted their financial adviser to review their cover, according to LV= research. For the study, LV= surveyed 4,000...

Visual aids are "more impactful" than words when overcoming cost of living income protection objections, advisers have said. This is according to Gary Walters, director at The Protection Academy (pictured right), who...

Healthcare cash plans recorded a 74% increase in claim frequency in the first half of 2022 when compared to the second half of 2021, according to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) value measures...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a stark warning to protection insurers about “poor selling practices” and slow restorative action and is demanding better due diligence of new advisers. The regulator...

OneFamily is to become the insurer of all new Beagle Street, Budget and Virgin Money term life insurance and critical illness policies from today (Tuesday 19 September). The financial mutual said the...

Assuming customers only want to talk about a mortgage and not protection does not fit with a post Consumer Duty world. This is according to Stacy Penn, senior policy adviser at Association...