Individual Protection

The number of people not working due to long-term sickness and disability increased by more than 10 times than would have been expected under normal conditions over the last three years with...

Covid-19 has moved down the list of top reasons for an income protection (IP) claim, according to Holloway Friendly which paid out 93.4% of new claims in 2022, with £3.78m paid out...

Paradigm Protect, part of Paradigm Mortgage Services - has added friendly society, National Friendly to its insurer panel. National Friendly offers a range of medical, life and protection products. Mike Allison, head...

Protection new business dipped slightly in 2022 to £760m from £767m in 2021 on an annual premium equivalent (APE) basis, according to figures from Gen Re. Given the uncertain landscape over the...

Johnny Timpson is working with an insurance law expert on options for legal or regulatory remedies enabling insurers to split life cover policies where there is evidence of economic abuse. Timpson (pictured)...

Roy McLoughlin has added director of strategic partnerships to his remit at Cavendish Ware. Speaking to Health & Protection McLoughlin said his new role would be in addition to his responsibilities as...

Sandringham Financial Partners has adopted IPipeline's protection sourcing system SolutionBuilder and integrated PreQuo’s services into the cash flow modelling tool CashCalc. The SolutionBuilder portal delivers 50% of all protection quotes in the...

Price comparison site Go.Compare has chosen broker Reassured to power its life insurance comparison service online and by telephone. The new service enables customers to compare multiple life insurance policies from a...

Voting for the Health & Protection Awards 2023 is now open. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding in their respective sectors during...

International insurance broker Howden has acquired Manchester-headquartered intermediary Reich Insurance Group for an undisclosed sum. Reich serves UK and international clients, has more than 140 employees and is led by Simon Taylor...