Individual Protection

Aviva’s UK health and protection operation recorded an 18% decline in new business sales from £51m to £42m in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2021....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is scrutinising Consumer Duty implementation plans from across insurance and financial services to understand the direction firms are taking with its flagship rules. The regulator also revealed...

Seven in 10 people living with cancer are facing unexpected costs averaging around £6,500 a year, according to a report from insurer Zurich. The Hidden Cost of Cancer report which surveyed 300...

Canada Life has closed its individual protection business to new applications immediately. In a statement this morning, the insurer said its decision to leave the UK individual protection market was taken following...

HM Treasury has backed a private members bill aimed at making it harder for co-operatives, mutuals and friendly societies to unpick their mutual status. According to the Treasury, the bill tabled by...

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has updated its compliance operations with separate teams for larger firms, smaller firms and new joiners. As part of the move the network has created and recruited...

Mark Bromham, senior scheme owner for UK savings and retirement at Aviva, speaks to Health & Protection about his diagnosis and treatment for testicular cancer, the benefit of group income protection and...

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has promoted Alex Beavis to group director, mortgages and protection. Previously proposition director for mortgages and later life, Beavis (pictured) now takes responsibility for the Sesame and PMS...

Holloway Friendly has launched a new online application replacing its existing in-house online process. Using UnderwriteMe's underwriting engine, the mutual said it was aiming to deliver more decisions online, a faster and...

Only one in ten Britons are confident the NHS can meet their needs if they fall ill, according to research from The Exeter. Waiting lists for treatment have risen from 4.4 million...