Individual Protection

Cavendish Online will retain autonomy over its pricing model following its sale to Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), the banking giant has told Health & Protection. Yesterday LBG unveiled plans to acquire Cavendish...

The pandemic environment which created the ability for the world to share data from society combined with the power of technology was key to not only helping insurers assess Covid risk but...

Cavendish Online founder and managing director Ian Williams (pictured) is to retire following the sale of the protection intermediary to Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) for £12m. An LBG spokesperson confirmed the move...

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has announced plans to acquire Cavendish Online for £12m. The UK protection intermediary offers hybrid direct to consumer, guided and advised life insurance, critical illness and income protection...

One in five insurance professionals claim the cost of living crisis is causing customers to cut back on cover, according to a survey of Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) members. The social media...

Insurers are not focusing on introducing digital business channels for fear of upsetting and disrupting advisers and intermediaries, according to Swiss Re-backed technology provider IptiQ. The firm warned that regulatory interventions would...

Mortgage sourcing software provider Twenty7Tec has bought Bluecoat Software which owns the Finplan customer relationship management (CRM) system used by many protection advisers. The Finplan CRM is used by more than 300...

LV= has paid more than £5.4m in income protection (IP) and personal sick pay claims between January and April 2022, almost 10% up on last year. By comparison, in the same period...

British Friendly has launched level guaranteed premiums on its short and long-term income protection Protect product as a new, second premium option in addition to its existing age-costed guaranteed premiums. The mutual...

The Exeter is urging to advisers to start prioritising conversations about income protection (IP) with clients due to rising mortgage repayments and the ongoing cost of living crisis. The insurer highlighted data...