Individual Protection

Royal London’s new business sales of protection products fell by 35% year-on-year, according to the mutual's interim results for H1 2023. The results reveal new business from protection fell to £11m in...

London-based private client firm Henry Dannell has appointed Katy Davies as specialist protection adviser. Davies (pictured) joins from Hanbury Wealth where she had worked as a protection specialist since late 2021 having...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to provide “flexible forms of support” for customers and to “manage risk rather than eliminate it” as it reviews the advice-guidance boundary. However, the...

The Exeter has partnered with UnderwriteMe to launch a new claims assessment system. This system aims to streamline the income protection claims process and improve service efficiencies by offering a more personalised...

The government's proposed ban on cold calling does not apply to "warm calling," but is unlikely to be reversed so the protection sector needs to work on getting consent from any existing...

Knowing about the 12 different signs of breast cancer may well have saved Emma Thomson's life. Thomson (pictured), who is head of protection development at Sesame Bankhall Group, wrote about her journey...

The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched a free virtual experience programme aimed at creating the next generation of insurance and financial planning professions. The programme will see thousands of young people aged...

Access Financial Services is planning to quadruple its current headcount after more than doubling its adviser workforce in the last year. In June 2022 Health & Protection reported the mortgage and protection...

Life and health insurance consultancy Tabei has launched T+1, an actuarial projection model used for pricing, valuation and capital calculations. Now available for early access demo, the model has been built for...

The biggest ongoing challenge around Consumer Duty is the subjectivity around its application. This is according to St James's Place (SJP) divisional director Tony Müdd (pictured), who spoke to Health & Protection...