Individual Protection
Scottish Widows examining adviser panel for loaded premiums, IP launch next year and annual statements under review – Rose St Louis interview
Scottish Widows is deciding which advisers that use loaded premiums it will work with and believes insurers will be increasing due diligence of intermediaries on the subject. Lloyds Banking Group protection director...
Read more‘He opened up about how he felt about what was going through his head. I stayed quiet, let him talk’ – why adviser support is vital following harrowing calls
It is vital advisers are given time to talk following a harrowing call, according to Kathryn Knowles, managing director at Cura Financial Services. Knowles (pictured) spoke to Health & Protection ahead of...
Read moreIncome Protection Awareness Week rescheduled to next month following Queen’s passing
The Income Protection Task Force has rescheduled Income Protection Awareness Week to next month following the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II. The IPTF revealed its awareness week will now run between...
Read moreFinancial services sector needs to come together to fight financial crime amid cost of living crisis – FCA
The financial services sector needs to come together to fight the scourge of finanical crime which the Financial Conduct Authority expects to become even more prevalent amid a cost of living crisis....
Read moreAIG launches IPO of life and retirement business
AIG has launched the initial public offering of its life and retirement business that will see it sold off as a separate entity. Last month the insurer announced it was deferring the...
Read moreVitality paid out £82.8m in protection claims in 2021
Vitality paid out a total of £82.8m in protection claims in 2021, with a total of 2,012 claims paid across its life and terminal illness, serious illness and income protection products, according...
Read moreVitality helps drive 22% increase in new business in UK for parent company
Vitality's health and life businesses have helped to drive a 22% increase in new business for parent company Discovery in the UK on the previous year, according to audited results for the...
Read moreMLC Insurance appoints CFO
Australian life insurer MLC Insurance has promoted Lesley Mamelok to chief finance officer effective 28 October 2022. Mamelok joined MLC Limited in April last year and is currently the firm's deputy CFO...
Read moreTruss told to improve access to medical records, remove IPT on PMI and tackle cost of living crisis
Improving people's access to their own medical records, removing insurance premium tax on private medical insurance premiums and tackling the cost of living crisis should be the top priorities for the UK's...
Read moreNew PM Truss told to deliver on protection and health cover tax breaks
The UK's new prime minister has been told to deliver on tax breaks for protection and health insurance. Earlier this afternoon, Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee, revealed...
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