Individual Protection

The Consumer Duty has become the biggest regulatory challenge facing the financial services sector since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) a decade ago. The good news is for companies operating in the...

Velvet Mortgage and Insure Services has promoted Bella Streames to managing director. Speaking to Health & Protection about Bella's promotion, her mother and owner of the company Joanna Streames, explained her daughter...

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has appointed David Sparkes as regulation director. Head of commercial, Nicola Maguire and head of insurance, Alastair Blundell also now have wider remits, to attend certain...

All advisers should ensure they are "well-advanced" on their journey towards compliance with Consumer Duty, according to Branko Bjelobaba, principal at consultancy Branko. Speaking to Health & Protection on the morning the...

Vicky Churcher, who recently retired as intermediary director and business transformation lead at AIG Life, has been appointed as a non-executive director at Cirencester Friendly.  Churcher joins Janice Banks, previously the senior...

The Exeter has appointed Suzanne Clark and Kelvin Malayapillay as non-executive directors (NEDs) to its board. Their appointments coincide with long serving senior independent non-executive director David Brand stepping down from his...

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has called on government to consider the role income protection can play in enabling people to stay in and return to work. The call came in...

PMS Mortgage Club, in partnership with compliance expert Bankhall, has rolled out a suite of new support to help mortgage and protection firms adapt to the Consumer Duty ahead of its 31...

Holloway Friendly has introduced a guide and training for advisers to make their communications easier to understand and more engaging. The free adviser guide is supplemented by interactive training sessions which firms...

Scottish Widows has increased the probate threshold on life insurance claims and investments from £50,000 to £150,000. The insurer told Health & Protection that at least 10% of life insurance claimants each...