Individual Protection

The typical insurance broker or financial adviser is male, aged between 25 and 34, works full time and lives in London, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) analysis. The ONS drew...

HSBC has added Legal & General's protection proposition to its wealth panel making the insurer's products available to the bank's customers. The move was effective from 26 April and gives HSBC UK...

Abrdn has sold all of its shares in Indian life insurer HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange the global investment firm revealed subsidiary Abrdn (Mauritius...

Royal London paid out £631m in protection claims in 2022 approving 99.4% of all claims and paying benefits to almost 80,000 customers and their families. This compares with the previous year's data...

Scottish Widows paid out a total of £199m in protection claims last year, down from £207.9m in 2021. More than 98% of all protection claims were paid out to a total of...

Customers have been supported with £6.85bn in claims pay-outs across group and individual protection policies in 2022. Latest figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) revealed individual policies paid out 287,000...

The Best Diversity & Inclusion Strategy Award for providers at the UK Health & Protection Awards 2023 is now open for entries. Providers are able to submit entries to illustrate how they...

Advisers believe conversations about getting protected have grown in importance with the return of 100% loan to value (LTV) mortgages that potentially bring higher risks for clients in a "volatile" housing market....

Online pension provider PensionBee has chosen LifeSearch as its advice partner for its newly launched direct-to-consumer protection insurance offering. LifeSearch will provide a fully digital buy and apply now journey, along with...

Life expectancy is expected to start rising again thanks to medical breakthroughs, especially for cancer and ageing-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, according to Swiss Re. Obesity and unequal access to healthcare...