Individual Protection

Insurers are generally optimistic about protection sales levels in the coming years but are split on the scale of premium increases, the Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found....

Swiss Life has appointed chief financial officer Matthias Aellig as group CEO. He will succeed Patrick Frost, who will step down on 16 May next year after almost a decade in the...

Fintel, the parent company of Simplybiz, has acquired Synaptic Software. Synaptic services more than 1,600 advisers, providing due diligence research, compliance tools, and software, including Pathways and Webline, which streamlines clients’ journeys....

Advisers have not had it easy these past few years. The pandemic combined with a cost of living crisis and Consumer Duty compliance has meant they are working in perhaps more pressurised...

Men are more than twice as likely as women to believe they may have a lost or forgotten life insurance policy, according to findings from Gretel. The report which surveyed 2,000 people...

The biggest number of relative excess deaths occurred in young and middle aged adults amid higher than expected instances of cardiovascular, diabetes and acute respiratory diseases. This is according to analysis from...

Royal London has widened coverage on its critical illness (CI) cover by updating and adding definitions to expand the scope for claims. As well as new additional cover conditions, Royal London announced...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have launched a Company Protection Hub supporting advisers who work with corporate clients, including how best to protect them and their owners. The...

There is no doubt that protection underwriting processes remain under strain since the pandemic and this can have a knock-on effect breaking trust between advisers and clients. Long waits for GP reports...

There has been a 50% decrease in the number of people buying new protection cover, according to research from LV=.  Findings from the Wealth and Wellbeing Research Programme, a survey of 4,000...