Individual Protection

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) plans to "refresh and renew" its governance and identity in recognition of the Personal Finance Society's wish to be more autonomous so that both organisations can "flourish"...

LV= paid a record £127m in individual protection claims in 2022 to more than 8,000 claimants and their families, with 95% of all individual protection claims made being approved. The figure compares...

As a product, life insurance does not really change in nature. You die and your loved ones make a claim and their financial needs are taken care of. But processes around the...

CIExpert's decision to introduce Guardian's new income protection (IP) plan on its Insight Zone is "just the start of the journey" to replicating its current review service for critical illness products, the...

Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD) has now raised more than £8m for the Alzheimer’s Society. Launched in 2017 in partnership with the charity, IUAD is led by senior professionals from across the...

The persistent mortality protection gap is a constant reminder of the challenges reinsurers and insurers face in reaching underserved customers. By making insurance more available, accessible and affordable, our industry has a...

The Exeter has appointed proposition leads for its healthcare and protection products as well as a new head of marketing. Matt Foster has been promoted to proposition lead for healthcare having been...

The first three months of 2023 saw the highest number of excess deaths in the UK since the start of the second wave of the pandemic. Based on provisional Office for National...

The vast majority of young people are struggling with their mental health, according to research from mental health charity Mind. The poll of 2,000 18-24 year olds revealed 95% were struggling with...

Checks made by Aviva staff helped convict an income protection (IP) insurance fraudster after he claimed more than £20,000 of lost income from a job he did not have. Sydenham man Neil...