Individual Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has pledged that being given a competitiveness objective will not weaken its oversight of the industry. The regulator also agreed with the Treasury Select Committee of MPs...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) executive director for consumers and competition Sheldon Mills says he is “cautious” about using funds gathered from fining firms to pay for regulator or its industry levies. Mills...

Holloway Friendly has launched My Sick Pay - a simplified income protection (IP) proposition with just one product which will replace its existing Purely, short term income protection and one2protect offerings. Advisers...

Royal London is to roll out its Underwrite Later solution to more protection products in the next couple of months following its launch early last year. Underwrite Later enables clients to secure...

Text mining is a new concept which will speed up the process of buying protection. Customers will notice a better experience, particularly at the underwriting stage of their policy. Advisers will welcome...

Health and protection advisers are keeping calm and carrying on as Storm Eunice batters the country. As Storm Eunice makes landfall and red warnings are imposed for parts of the UK, Health...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has launched a vulnerability hub to help its advisers tackle difficulties vulnerable consumers have when interacting with financial services. The hub is designed to help advisers...

Dentists' Provident paid out £5.4m to members in 2021 from 1,190 claims. The income protection provider's claims report for last year revealed it paid 98.9% of new claims received compared to 96.3%...

Reassured has appointed Mareena Flint as its first chief people officer (CPO). The broker firm said Flint (pictured) would work with the board to ensure it continues to prioritise and support its...

There are signs that a decline in cervical screenings during the pandemic has had a knock-on effect on cervical cancer claim numbers. Insurers told Health & Protection that in particular critical illness...