Individual Protection

LV= has appointed former Bupa and Friends Life UK CEO David Hynam as its incoming chief executive, subject to regulatory approval. Hynam (pictured) has spent 30 years in financial services including the...

Government intends to deliver an "ambitious" deregulatory package later this autumn to "unleash the potential" of the UK financial services sector as part of its plan to drive growth across the UK...

Advisers are dubious over whether government commitments to improve access to GPs will prove successful amid soaring demand for virtual GP services from customers. The commitments feature in health and social care...

The government's reversal of its National Insurance Contributions (NICs) hike to fund the health and social care levy will hit the UK's coffers to the tune of more than £65bn over the...

Justin Harper is joining MetLife and taking on a new role as individual protection product manager at the insurer. Harper (pictured) previously spent more than 16 years at LV= before leaving earlier...

Royal London has joined CIExpert's digital dashboard Insight Zone. The insurer's range of personal and business menu plans, including the whole of life plan and diabetes life cover, will be available in...

Complaints about income protection (IP) insurance dropped by 15% in the first quarter of the 2022-23 financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The latest data showed 171...

IPipeline has agreed a partnership with customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Plannr. The development of Plannr was funded in part by a kick-starter campaign among future users of the platform. It...

Royal London has expanded its signature-free beneficiary nomination, an alternative to setting up a plan trust, to its whole of life plans. The feature was introduced on personal menu plans for individual...

Four in 10 UK homeowners have no savings to cover mortgage payments if they fall ill and are unable to work. This is according to a survey of 2,000 homeowners which showed...