Individual Protection

Guardian has updated two critical illness (CI) definitions and increased its decreasing term intereste rate as its new lower-cost Life Essentials plan goes live. The launch, revealed earlier in January, means customers...

Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG), have announced Holloway Friendly as the latest addition to their protection panels. The mutual society offers income protection insurance to...

Lovethorn has successfully closed £200k in pre-seed funding raise and appointed its first non-executive director. The insurtech launched eight months ago and provides an enhanced underwriting system to income protection providers, as...

The biggest misconception about critical illness (CI) is customers think it is terminal illness cover. This is according to advisers Health & Protection spoke to to gauge misconceptions about CI cover. This...

LV= has appointed Katherine Carnegie as chief commercial officer, subject to regulatory approval. Carnegie (pictured) joined the mutual in 2012 and is experienced in developing distribution strategies and driving innovation and growth....

More than half (53%) of 18–40-year-olds do not understand what critical illness cover is for, and one third (29%) have never heard of the product. This is according to research of 2,000...

While mortality rates in England and Wales were 3% higher last year than before the pandemic, they were lower than 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation...

Advisers remain bullish about business prospects for 2024 despite an increase in the rate of inflation. At the end of last year advisers told Health & Protection they were optimistic about prospects...

Max Life Insurance has expanded its presence in the Middle East with the opening of its first representative office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Indian life insurer said the office...

Grid has appointed Legal & General distribution director of group protection Colin Fitzgerald as chairman. He succeeds Paul White whose three-year tenure has come to an end. Fitzgerald's career in the employee...