Individual Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has required LV= to improve communications with members as it granted permission for the mutual to proceed with a court hearing related to its proposed sale to...

Increasing personalisation in the design of health insurance products risks leaving some customers out in the cold, according to consultancy PwC. The firm's Insurance Banana Skins 2021 report highlights issues associated with...

Life insurance broker Reassured has revealed that Covid-related life insurance payouts for its customers in 2020 and 2021 to date have reached a total of £6.4m, equating to a fifth of the...

In the first edition Alfie Jaques, client support manager at Hooray Health & Protection, speaks to Health & Protection about how he got his start in the sector, why the pandemic proved...

Protection insurance information portal Times Money Mentor has appointed online protection broker Anorak as an accredited broker to provide its readers with financial education and advice. The partnership sees Anorak provide Times...

Aviva has appointed Martin Strobel as non executive director. Strobel also becomes a member of the insurer's nomination and governance committee. He was most recently senior independent director of RSA Insurance and...

LV= has paid out more than £309,000 for a single income protection (IP) claim lasting more than 35 years. The details were released alongside the insurer's latest IP claims data which showed...

Demand for virtual GP services is soaring despite in-person medical consultations opening up and insurers expect this trend to continue, with several seeing numbers more than doubling already. While government has provided...

National Friendly has launched a full income protection (IP) policy which sits alongside its recently launched accident-only IP product. The new policy is fully underwritten and supports those needing protection in the...

Zurich UK is easing restrictions and increasing cover limits on life insurance applications as the country continues to emerge from the Covid pandemic. The insurer introduced a number of restrictions in March...