Individual Protection

Royal London has removed all Covid restrictions to its underwriting for cases up to £3m and below age 80, returning the mutual insurer to a pre-pandemic underwriting philosophy. The firm added it...

Alan Knowles is stepping down from his position as chairman of the Protection Distributor’s Group (PDG) after three and a half years leading the trade body. Neil McCarthy, who retired from LifeQuote...

Health & Protection speaks to Amy Jenney, protection insurance adviser at Cura Financial Services about how she managed to restore a customer's faith in protection, being interviewed in the company's driveway and...

Aviva has reported soaring demand for long Covid support from its income protection (IP) intervention and rehabilitation services. Long Covid support overtook cancer and musculoskeletal conditions to become the second most common...

Intermediary firm A-Plan said it is primed for UK expansion as it posts an 18% increase in profits year-on-year, according to shortened results for the period 1 March to 30 September 2021....

Diverse recruitment panels, focusing on personal and leadership development and championing senior female role models are just some of the ways insurance sector signatories to the Women in Finance charter are seeking...

Xempus, a European platform to sell and manage pension and life insurance policies, has raised $70m (£53.1m) in primary equity funding, bringing its total funding to date to $125m (£94.9m). Xempus said...

Shepherds Friendly has completed the process of making its head office carbon neutral as part of its bid for the mutual to become fully carbon neutral by the end of 2024. The...

Advisers are divided over whether Legal & General's prediction that the UK protection market will shrink this year will prove true, but they believe there is plenty that intermediaries can do to...

Legal & General (L&G) has warned it expects the UK protection market to shrink this year after it reported record retail sales in 2021 driven by the busy housing market. The insurer...