Individual Protection

Income protection (IP) complaints made to insurers, advisers and other firms continued to soar in 2025 - the second consecutive year of a significant rise, according to latest data from the Financial...

Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 will close this week. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been...

The majority of UK adults are worried about being diagnosed with dementia and the costs of paying for social care in later life. This is according to consumer research carried out by...

Primis has appointed Daniel Fullen, Simon Lovell, Liam Blackburn and Ronnie Marshall as regional sales managers for the North, Midlands, South East and Northern Ireland, respectively. Reporting to Neil Hoare, sales director...

Reassured has reached a signposting agreement with Farewill. The deal sees Reassured signpost customers to the UK digital will writing service. Farewill offers a digital-first service that enables people to create a...

Perci Health has appointed Katie Crook-Davies as director of strategic accounts. Crook-Davies (pictured) has more than 15 years’ experience across the UK protection industry. A qualified life actuary, with experience at Swiss...

Clare Dodd knows full well why employees will always remember that moment when their employer went the extra mile to offer effective support in the immediate aftermath of losing a loved one....

The Treasury collected a record £9bn of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts in the last financial year, according to HM Revenue and Customs. Furthermore, Inheritance Tax income also hit a fresh high...

Iress is making The Interesting Life Company’s AI underwriting tool, the Interesting Life Agent (ISLA), exclusively available via The Exchange, offering advisers an early indication of underwriting outcomes at the point of...

Greater adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the protection industry may not necessarily lead to job losses, according to Equisoft. While AI might phase out much of the day-to-day manual administrative tasks...