Individual Protection

Guardian has joined the Quilter Select protection panel. The move expands Guardian’s distribution reach, opening access to around 3,000 advisers in Quilter’s network advice business and follows Guardian’s entry into income protection. ...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has acquired San Diego, California-based retail insurance broker Hartley Cylke Pacific Insurance Services for an undisclosed sum. The retail insurance broker's services include life insurance advice services....

The number of appointed representative (AR) firms operating in the insurance sector has halved in the last decade, with a sharp drop in the last two years. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

IPipeline has partnered with start-up and adviser technology business BrokerIQ to integrate PreQuo - its collection of indicative and predictive web services with BrokerIQ’s customer engagement platform in a bid to illustrate...

CIExpert has launched its own customiser tool in response to Zurich’s upgraded critical illness cover product range which offers a new level of personalisation for clients. The tool enables advisers to exploit...

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) is renewing its industry agreement to signpost customers with medical conditions to specialists after it helped more than 30,000 consumers seek life and protection insurance. Since...

Primis Network and TMA Club saw the number of protection cases completed and average premium rise slightly in the first half of 2023. The firm saw pre-tax profits dip 20% as a...

Private medical insurance (PMI) and cash plans have seen a surge in uptake over the last year while life and income protection (IP) cover have dropped in demand, according to research. The...

MorganAsh has appointed Tracey Johnson as underwriting and claims manager. Johnson has worked in the UK and Irish protection market and with many of the UK’s life insurers, the firm said. It...

Government's Rental Reform Bill provides the "ideal" opportunity to equalise the treatment of income protection for renters. This is according to Richard Walsh, co-chairman of the Building Resilient Households Group, who was...