Individual Protection

Technology firms are most likely to enter the insurance sector as competition for intermediaries but their mining of vast amounts of customer data could limit access for certain customer groups, the Financial...

Aegon UK has embedded an electronic medical records request into its online protection applications. The insurer said the move will make it quicker and easier for advisers to provide a client's permission...

Protection and health insurance advisers have raised hopes Rishi Sunak's appointment as prime minister will reassure markets and in turn have a positive impact on their sectors. Sunak was appointed PM earlier...

Complaints about protection insurance products have fallen by more than a fifth, but PMI product complaints have risen, according to data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Health & Protection's analysis of...

Fewer than half (45%) of women can correctly identify all the potential symptoms of breast cancer and almost one in five do not know what to look for at all, according to...

Adviser Robyn Allen has called on insurers to advertise income protection (IP) directly to consumers. Allen, the owner of Robyn Allen Solutions, (pictured) who was taking part in a panel debate on...

National Friendly has vowed to increase take-up of income protection (IP) by young adults and will overhaul it’s marketing to do so. The commitment was one of the pledges made by providers...

The majority of UK employees are anxious about dealing with their finances - with younger workers particularly adversely affected by the cost of living crisis, according to Aviva research. The insurer surveyed...

Almost eight million people are finding it difficult to keep up with their bills, according to research from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The regulator's snapshot of the latest edition of its...

Renters take out contents and car insurance so why aren't they covering their greatest asset - their income? The question was posed by Joanna Streames, managing director of Velvet Mortgage and Insure...