Individual Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposed consumer duty means advisers can no longer avoid having conversations about protection, but they should treat incoming regulations as a positive intervention in client conversations, according...

UnderwriteMe has launched a pre-sales underwriting enquiry service within its protection platform. The service, which reduces the amount of client information an adviser needs to key in, enables advisers to secure quicker...

Bermudian reinsurance platform Resolution Re has entered into a reinsurance agreement with Allianz Suisse over CHF4bn worth of endowment and annuity policies. The agreement transfers 80% of the liabilities of Allianz Suisse’s...

The end of furlough is fuelling increased demand for mental health support, according to insurers. Data obtained by Health & Protection reveals that around 15% of requests for mental health consultations to...

Around one in 10 UK households have started to consider other generations in their long term financial planning due to the pandemic, according to Scottish Widows Household Finance Index. The index, which...

The Savings Bank Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts (SBLI) has agreed a distribution partnership with life insurance technology firm Plum Life. The partnership means SBLI’s guaranteed level premium term life insurance...

Panic buying of petrol across the country is threatening to push advisers back into remote working, curtailing the return of client meetings and work in the office. In August, Health & Protection...

Insurers have been urged to create income protection (IP) solutions for people who have suffered heart conditions. This is the call from Andrew Wilkinson, director at Moneysworth Life Insurance, who spoke to...

The Exeter is withdrawing its Managed Life product leaving only its Real Life plan for all customers with complex or multiple health conditions. Its Managed Life product for customers with Type 2...

Mortgage Advice Bureau’s (MAB) income from protection and general insurance commission rose 36% in the first half of 2021 to hit almost £36m. The advice network grew its insurance income from £26.3m...