Individual Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to increase minimum and flat rate fees in stages to £2,200 by 2026/27. After having frozen these fees in 2023/24, the regulator said in its...

More than 9.3 million individual protection policies were in force at the end of 2022, the latest Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found. The figures cover 10 major...

Protection adviser LifeSearch has agreed a protection advice referral partnership with 2plan Wealth Management. The arrangement went live in early November and is available to new and existing clients of 2plan’s 450-plus...

IPipeline has appointed Pat O’Donnell as chief executive officer.  O’Donnell (pictured) succeeds Deane Price, who has been interim CEO since February 2022. Price joined IPipeline after more than 10 years with fellow Roper...

Benefits claimants who fail to find a job for more than 18 months will be expected to take on work experience placements under government plans set for late next year, according to...

Income protection policy holders who need to claim Universal Credit (UC) should not be penalised for buying such a policy. This is according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) who are...

Studies from Swiss Re and leading life insurers indicate electronic health records (EHRs) can have a transformative impact on the traditional life and health underwriting process, resulting in significantly "quicker, non-invasive decisions...

Aviva has reported an 18% increase in health and protection new business in 2023 when compared to the first nine months of last year. The insurer's trading update for the third quarter...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added Wiltshire Friendly to its specialist group protection proposition. Appointed representative (AR) firms can now access the insurer's range of income protection products, with specific...

Mojo Mortgages has appointed Toby Anderson as head of protection. Anderson joins the mortgage broker from Loan.co.uk where he held a similar role. His LinkedIn account reveals he was previously head of...