Individual Protection

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...

LifeSearch is extending a pilot project of offering health insurance advice to a further 45 of its senior advisers in 2024 as it expands its private medical insurance (PMI) offering. It is...

CIExpert has included Vitality in its income protection (IP) Insight Zone, which is immediately available to all CIExpert subscribers at no additional cost. Vitality’s IP plan joins those already available from AIG...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) raised £6.5bn for the Treasury between April 2023 and January 2024 compared to £5.9bn in the same period of the previous year  according to latest HM Revenue &...

UK businesses will be urged to tackle in-work sickness and stop people from falling out the workforce, following the appointment of Dame Carol Black as the government’s new occupational health tsar. Black,...

SimplyBiz has launched MyLearning Academy, an online learning portal developed in partnership with Competent Adviser. The academy, available from today (21 February) to all SimplyBiz member firms, offers support on a range...