Individual Protection

LSL saw a 3% decline in protection and insurance fee income in 2022, swung to a near £60m pre-tax loss over the year and noted its Pivotal Growth joint venture had not...

Members of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) that offer income protection products paid out £52m in claims over the year, to more than 9,000 customers. The figure was up from £34m...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of DeadHappy after a complainant alleged a TV ad trivialised the cost of living crisis. The regulator acknowledged some viewers would question the...

More than one in five (22%) people with an over-50s life plan are thinking about cancelling their cover due to the cost of living crisis, according to research from Scottish Friendly. The...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has secured £17,000 in financial sponsorship support from a range of key businesses associated with the protection industry. The sponsors including CIExpert, IPipeline, Iress, NMG Consulting, Protection...

Tavistock has acquired the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Bangor, Northern Ireland-based health and protection adviser firm Precise Protect. Precise Protect has a network of over 200 advisers...

Pivotal Growth has acquired Embrace Financial Services and First2Protect from LSL Property Services. Embrace is a provider of mortgage and protection advice to estate agencies including LSL’s franchised and owned estate agency...

  With a Royal London protection plan, your clients can get flexible protection, with additional benefits that they might not expect. With a wide range of protection products that can be tailored...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have joined forces with Love Island's Sharon Gaffka to warn social media influencers about the risks of promoting financial scams. Both regulators...

Holly Ewing has joined Aviva's individual protection distribution team as head of intermediated distribution. Ewing joins from AIG Life where she has spent the last 13 years, most recently as head of...