Individual Protection

Individual income protection provider Cirencester Friendly has paid 94 per cent of claims in 2020, 15 per cent of which were for Covid-related conditions. The pay-out rate means the provider has maintained its 10-year...

LV= paid out £6.5m in Covid related claims in 2020. This figure contributed to the insurer paying out a record £118m in individual protection claims over the past year. LV= said it...

People who quit smoking could save up to £16,000 on their insurance premiums, Royal London has found. Non-smokers could be eligible for lower rate premiums if they have not smoked tobacco or...

VitalityLife says new protection policy holders who take out child serious illness cover (Child SIC) will be able to get cashback on their first 12 months premiums on Child SIC. The offer...

Legal & General is sending customers digital blood pressure machines as an expansion of its virtual screenings capabilities for protection applicants. Currently under trial with a selection of customers, the scheme, which...

Aviva underlined its commitment to focusing on the UK, Ireland and Canada this week by confirming it is to sell its French business for £3.2bn. Aviva France is being sold to Aéma...

Digital health provider and back-to-work specialist Reframe has appointed former McKesson and Amazon director Catherine McDermott (pictured) as CEO. McDermott’s appointment comes as the business looks to diversify from its core offering...

England’s council-run adult social care sector lost just over 1.1 million sick days last year – but more than four in ten workers recorded no absence at all, official figures show. Statistics...

Health Assured is offering all NHS workers free access to its mental wellbeing app My Healthy Advantage in an effort to support them through the Covid pandemic. The wellbeing specialist said the...

Almost half of people with potential cancer symptoms did not speak to their GP during the first wave of the pandemic, a survey suggests. There are now growing concerns that a flood...