Individual Protection

The number of people living with cancer could hit 5.4 million people by the year 2045. This is according to a report which draws on Scottish Widows’ actuarial expertise and is informed...

More than a third of financial advisers are expecting demand for private medical insurance (PMI) to rise in the UK this year, a survey has discovered. The study of 750 advisers by...

Nine in 10 advisers think income protection (IP) sales will grow over the next five years. This is according to the Protection Distributors Group's (PDG) Protection Insights Report 2026. The report reveals...

Abigail Montrose hears how changes to Inheritance Tax rules are triggering steep demand for protection planning but greater collaboration is needed.   Changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) rules bringing more people and...

Almost a third of advisers have changed the way they recommend critical illness cover in the past two years following a campaign spearheaded by a comparison service. Around three in 10 advisers...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will look into claims experiences and incentives for consumers to switch products as part of its pure protection market study. The regulator has already confirmed it will further...

New research has uncovered an alarming trend which could leave many people struggling to pay their bills if they were unable to work due to illness or injury. LV’s fourth Reaching Resilience...

Three adviser groups will be represented at the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pure protection market study stakeholder workshop. The workshop will bring together adviser, insurer and consumer representatives, primarily through seven trade...

There are encouraging signs that attitudes to income protection (IP) have shifted, with many young people now more open to it than older generations. The protection industry has historically struggled to engage...

MoneySupermarket has launched a ChatGPT app enabling customers to use AI to compare provider offerings across financial services - including health and life insurance. The app, which uses AI to search more...