Individual Protection

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has announced that Matthew Chapman, The Protection Coach and Lewis Breach from St James Place will join its steering committee. Effective from 1 January 2024, the...

Sesame Bankhall Group has appointed Steph Charman as group partnerships and propositions director. Charman, previously strategic relationships director, is expanding her responsibilities following Craig Ross' move to Quilter where he has been...

Canada Life has partnered with behavioural psychology specialist We are IB to create HumanSense - an e-learning programme designed to help financial advisers understand the behavioural bias in financial advice.  The programme...

Carrie Dobson, sales leader, protection team at Howden Life and Health (previously Assured Futures), speaks to Health & Protection about leaving bar work for the world of protection, taking inspiration from her...

Pivotal Growth has acquired mortgage and protection specialist Select Mortgages & Financial Solutions Ltd for an undisclosed sum. The deal coincides with an agreement to acquire Select Brokers Ltd. This deal is...

Independent life insurance broker Reassured has appointed Mark Townsend as CEO succeeding co-founder, Steve Marshall, who moves to non-executive director. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval. Townsend (pictured) has nearly three...

Guardian has revealed it will be expanding its product range in the coming weeks with the launch of new lower-cost life cover Life Essentials. The launch will offer Guardian customers a choice...

Scottish Widows has made changes and updated wordings for some conditions on its critical illness Protect plan. Confirming the changes to Health & Protection, Scottish Widows said they had been made in...

More than 50% of young people have some form of income protection (IP) in place, according to new research carried out by Opinium for National Friendly. Younger people are also more likely...

Almost a million people in 90% of areas across England lived shorter lives than they should have done in the period between 2011 and the start of the pandemic. This is according...