Individual Protection

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is calling for payments from insurance products including lifetime health and social care cover to be excluded from local authority financial assessments under government's plan for...

Effective credible environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies implemented by financial services firms could potentially be linked to remuneration, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted. It also expects firms to account...

Trusts are failing the mass market as a way of securing death benefit payments, especially as the number of cohabitees increases, Swiss Re is warning. The reinsurer’s latest research suggests around one...

CIExpert is now including Vitality serious illness plans on its comparison service for the first time. CIExpert director Alan Lakey (pictured) noted the move was in response to adviser feedback and followed...

As RedArc celebrates 25 years since it first launched, managing director Christine Husbands speaks to Health & Protection about starting out as the support service's finance director, the firm's role in value...

Zurich UK has seen its individual and group protection new business rise by 20% in 2022 while profit for the division rose by almost 80%. According to its latest results, Zurich’s life...

Vitality is aiming to be a top three player in the income protection (IP) market following the relaunch of its protection offering, VitalityLife managing director Justin Taurog told Health & Protection. Taurog...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said no-one should face a barrier to accessing financial services and highlighted the importance of clear communication and transparency from insurers. The ABI issued the...

Vitality has today announced a major overhaul of its individual protection offering including a range of changes to its income protection (IP) and serious illness cover. This includes introducing private medical insurance...

MetLife UK is extending access to its GP24 service to all individual protection policyholders including its 350,000 existing customers for no extra cost. The insurer said it was a first for non-underwritten...