Individual Protection

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...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has updated its minimum standards for critical illness (CI) policies that must be adopted by all insurers offering these products. Changes have been made to how...

Aviva is extending the cover it offers under individual critical illness (CI) policies including cancer, dementia and mental health disorders. The insurer is understood to be the first to use the Association...

Zurich has launched family income cover for new policies which provides a monthly income instead of a lump sum payment that is paid out for the remaining policy term. The feature is...

AIG has overhauled its children’s critical illness (CI) coverage by introducing a cut-down core level of cover for children within its Your Life plan. The changes, as revealed by CIExpert, mean its...

Health & Protection wants advisers’ views on the service you receive from insurance providers. Tell us which health and protection insurers have the most knowledgeable staff. Who goes above and beyond to...

AIG has priced the initial public offering of life and retirement business Corebridge Financial at US$21 per share. In a statement the insurer revealed it expected trading to begin on 15 September,...

Miles Robinson speaks to Health & Protection about striking out on his own to launch mortgage and protection advisory firm Home Group Financial. Most recently an interim chief commercial officer at Haysto,...

IPipeline has entered into a strategic partnership in the US with ICover, an insurtech provider of algorithmic underwriting for streamlining the assessment, pricing, and delivery of life insurance. This strategic alliance aims...

Dawn Prescott, proposition executive at The Exeter, speaks to Health & Protection about moving from marketing to the proposition team, why her current boss has been her most important mentor and her...