Individual Protection

Regulators from across the spectrum have agreed to develop metrics to measure the regulatory burden on the financial services industry. The move comes after leaders and senior representatives from the Financial Conduct...

Cirencester Friendly saw an increase in premium income, membership and funds under management, according to the society's 2021 annual report and accounts. The report reveals that over the year the mutual's membership...

Iress has added term and critical illness protection services to quote and apply product sourcing software The Exchange. The move marks the second phase of its Features initiative following launch of the...

Aviva paid out a total of £1,094,919,735 in 2021 across individual critical illness, life insurance and income protection policies, with 98.1% of all claims received settled. The insurer's annual individual protection claims...

Protection claims payouts hit a new record in 2021, according to data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group Risk Development (Grid). The data reveals £6.8bn was paid out in...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it does not believe the financial services industry should have to take on the costs of failures from firms promoting cryptocurrencies and assets. It also...

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has given Sears Merritt an expanded role heading up its enterprise technology and experience (ETX) organisation. In his new role Merritt is responsible for leading technology-based strategies...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will cancel or change permissions of regulated firms not conducting those activities within a month as part of a drive to improve consumer protection. The FCA will...

Georgia d'Esterre has left Guardian to take on the newly created role of executive head of marketing at National Friendly. The former head of marketing at Holloway Friendly left that role in...

Eight in 10 (80%) advisers carried out over 50% of their client meetings virtually in 2021 and of this group a third (32%) conducted all meetings online, according to CIExpert's Adviser Watch....