Individual Protection

Effective promotion of added value services is key to improving consumer awareness of income protection. This is according to Emma Thomson, head of protection development at Sesame Bankhall Group (pictured), who spoke...

The cost of living crisis has proven a mixed bag for individual income protection. While customers clearly see the value of taking out protection, this prolonged period in which the population is...

Aviva has appointed former Axa Health CEO Tracy Garrad as CEO of Aviva Canada. Garrad (pictured) who stepped down as Axa Health CEO in April, succeeds Jason Storah from 16 October who...

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has appointed Shiney Prasad as country head - India. Shiney (pictured) joins from EY where he was India business consulting partner and insurance sector leader....

Health Assured has joined UK group risk industry body Group Risk Development (Grid). Bertrand Stern-Gillet, chief executive officer (CEO) at Health Assured, said: "The insights provided by Grid will undoubtedly provide additional...

Swiss Re Reinsurance Solutions has partnered with Wysa to launch Wysa Assure an artificial intelligence (AI) based mental health support app. Australia's MLC Life Insurance is the first provider to pilot the...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a review of 10 years of the current concurrency arrangements, which set out how the CMA and sector regulators collaborate to enforce competition law...

It is vital protection advisers establish meaningful relationships with female breadwinners when talking about finances to ensure the continuation of the industry. This is according to Juliette Meads, national account manager at...

More than 60,000 fewer protection policies were sold in the UK for the second quarter of the year compared with the first three months, according to Gen Re. The poor second quarter...

Access to insurance in the UK has markedly improved in recent years. However, there are inconsistencies across the market, with accessibility dependent on the underwriting philosophy and ethos of the provider; primarily...