Individual Protection

The protection sector needs to do more to support the ongoing needs of younger people who suddenly find themselves permanently disabled. This is according to Pippa Keefe, who was appointed commercial director...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to be "hugely transformative" for the protection sector helping claims assessors to spend more of their time on more complex cases. This is according to Alastair Gerrard...

LV= explored the development of a lifestyle protection product which would evolve with a customer’s life, according to its former group executive managing director for protection Iain Clark. Speaking at the Protection...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has already begun seeing cases brought to it which encompass elements of the Consumer Duty regulations introduced in July. And it expects to see more complaints regarding...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is planning to cut its compulsory levy by which is paid for by all financial services firms to £70m for the 2024/25 financial year. The figure will...

Insurers are generally optimistic about protection sales levels in the coming years but are split on the scale of premium increases, the Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found....

Swiss Life has appointed chief financial officer Matthias Aellig as group CEO. He will succeed Patrick Frost, who will step down on 16 May next year after almost a decade in the...

Fintel, the parent company of Simplybiz, has acquired Synaptic Software. Synaptic services more than 1,600 advisers, providing due diligence research, compliance tools, and software, including Pathways and Webline, which streamlines clients’ journeys....

Advisers have not had it easy these past few years. The pandemic combined with a cost of living crisis and Consumer Duty compliance has meant they are working in perhaps more pressurised...

Men are more than twice as likely as women to believe they may have a lost or forgotten life insurance policy, according to findings from Gretel. The report which surveyed 2,000 people...