Individual Protection

National Friendly has expanded its protection proposition into term assurance through the launch of Friendly Life Cover. Available on a single or joint-life basis, the cover provides a lump sum on death,...

Caspian Insurance has achieved B Corp Certification, verified by B Lab against standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. The Manchester-based life and protection insurance broker scored 81.3 in the...

The Right DA Club, the directly authorised (DA) proposition from The Right Mortgage, has added Shepherds Friendly to its protection panel, providing access to its income protection proposition. The income protection proposition...

The Law Commission has proposed new regulation that would make it easier for mutuals to merge where it is in the interest of members. The proposal features in the Commission’s final report,...

In this fourth instalment of our mini-series revealing the former lives of professionals operating across the protection and health sectors, Joe Riley, protection specialist at Sports Financial Services (pictured left and with...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) highlighted the growth in income protection (IP) sales as one of the most important developments in the protection market during the last 10 years. At an event...

Andrew Parker (pictured) has launched consultancy Culture Breakfast following his departure from LifeSearch. Parker will focus on supporting businesses to develop brilliant workplace cultures. He had been head of people and culture...

Awareness and knowledge gaps are stopping would-be life insurance customers from taking out cover. This is according to Capgemini's World Life Insurance Report 2027 which found that while nearly half (47%) of consumers...

Mental health is discussed more openly today than ever before, yet some conversations remain significantly harder to have. According to Samaritans, while 74% of people say they feel comfortable talking to family...

A third of customers who talk about protection fail to follow through on taking out a policy, according to Emma Morris, engagement manager at NMG Consulting (pictured), Morris warned the sector should not...