Individual Protection

The summer months saw Chesnara reveal it was acquiring HSBC Life UK, Doug Wright announce he was bidding farewell to Aviva, Lord Kinnock call for the ending of the VAT exemption of...

Over the last year Health & Protection dug into every corner of the UK and internaitonal individual and workplace health and protection markets. So here’s some of the key analyses examining how...

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In our second quarterly review of 2025 covering April to June, Health & Protection staged its latest IPMI Summit. Guardian appointed a new CEO, Aviva switched its health insurance leadership, while there...

Fast pace change and developments have swept through the world of health and protection in 2025 in the UK and internationally. It was a year in which increases to employer’s national insurance...

The general consensus is that 2025 has been a relatively positive, stable year for the protection sector. Providers have largely tinkered rather than introduce wholesale product overhauls as the sector awaits the...

Underwriting has been identified as a particular pinch point for the protection sector, with industry professionals pointing to unprecedented backlogs of anything up to 47 days. A shortage of underwriters has been...

Customers are increasingly generating protection insurance enquiries using artificial intelligence (AI) services such as ChatGPT, but this is presenting serious issues for themselves and advisers by doing so. Cura Financial Services co-managing...

Most life insurance policyholders do not know they can access an early pay out following a terminal diagnosis. This is according to a survey from MoneySuperMarket of 2,000 adults which showed just...

Advisers generally support client-facing staff wearing Christmas jumpers, but the complexity of the debate reflects the importance of the sector's position. It was a close call, with some respondents thinking they spread...