Individual Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided against expanding the eligibility threshold for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) beyond businesses with a turnover of £6.5m. The move follows the regulator's assessment exploring...

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has appointed Shayne Halfpenny-Ray as head of policy and public affairs. Halfpenny-Ray (pictured) joins from Phoenix Group where he was social affairs manager from 14 November...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Joanne Measures as compliance manager. Starting her role with immediate effect, Measures (pictured) will report to Matt Hall, head of audit and supervision. As...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)has reported a surge in complaints across the health and protection insurance sectors over the first six months of the financial year. Most notably, the FCA received 8,527...

Sheun Oke has launched Emergenzz - a protection and private medical insurance advice firm set on tackling the "gross" underrepresentation of Black advisers. Speaking to Health & Protection, Oke (pictured) revealed her new...

AIG Life has appointed Setul Mehta as head of intermediary distribution. Joining in November, Mehta (pictured) will report to Nick Austin, managing director of individual protection at AIG Life. Mehta was most...

There is 'unprecedented opportunity' for life insurers across the globe, as three-in-four consumers are interested in innovative life insurance offerings to help them age well - but insurers lack the product development...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has attracted an undisclosed sum in financial sponsorship from Panacea Adviser. The UK fintech joins CIExpert, IPipeline, Iress, NMG Consulting, Protection Guru, Square Health and UnderwriteMe as...

SimplyBiz has appointed HSBC Life to its SimplyProtect range of provider partners. It joins Aviva, Zurich, Guardian, Legal & General, LV=, Royal London, Scottish Widows, The Exeter, Vitality and AIG on the...

CIExpert is integrating its critical illness cover (CIC) comparison service and Insight Zone with UnderwriteMe’s protection platform to streamline the process for advisers’ protection sales.  The partnership aims to ensure that advisers are...