Individual Protection

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has called on government to consider the role income protection can play in enabling people to stay in and return to work. The call came in...

PMS Mortgage Club, in partnership with compliance expert Bankhall, has rolled out a suite of new support to help mortgage and protection firms adapt to the Consumer Duty ahead of its 31...

Holloway Friendly has introduced a guide and training for advisers to make their communications easier to understand and more engaging. The free adviser guide is supplemented by interactive training sessions which firms...

Scottish Widows has increased the probate threshold on life insurance claims and investments from £50,000 to £150,000. The insurer told Health & Protection that at least 10% of life insurance claimants each...

Ashley Hill, protection expert at London & Country Mortgages, speaks to Health & Protection about leaving the world of furniture for insurance, taking inspiration from his captains of industry parents, overcoming exam...

There was a slight increase in protection and health insurance coverage in the two-year period since the pandemic first, hit fuelled by growing appetite for health cash plans and income protection. However...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published a guide to better inform small and medium sized (SME) brokers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The launch follows research carried out by...

LifeSearch has agreed an exclusive deal offering protection advice and guidance to Neilson Financial Services customers whose brands include Smart Insurance, Post Office, British Seniors and Cover Today. The advice firm will...

Parents are far more likely to have inadequate life insurance than couples with no children, according to Hargreaves Lansdown's Savings and Resilience Barometer for July 2023.  Sarah Coles, head of personal finance...

Advisers believe they will be making more protection insurance recommendations as a result of the Consumer Duty, according to research from Guardian. The insurer also found advisers did not feel introducing the...