Individual Protection

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has revealed two new members will be joining the body next year along with a successor for the retiring Neil McCarthy on its steering group. The...

Shepherds Friendly has partnered with Co-op Funeralcare to provide a funeral benefit option (FBO) on its over-50s life insurance plans to its direct and intermediary customers. The FBO is optional to Shepherds...

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is urging government, insurers and employers to consider ways to improve provision of income protection (IP) and other health, wellbeing and financial benefits to...

NHS waiting times could increase still further following the health secretary's warning that some urgent NHS appointments and elective surgeries be put off until 2022 as the government attempts to ensure every...

Assured Futures is restoring unemployment cover availability to UK customers through a partnership with comparison site Comparethemarket. While unemployment cover was pulled by all providers last spring due to the pandemic, Assured...

Advisers are taking a pragmatic to return to homeworking requirements and are having to be flexible around festivities this Christmas. This morning, new rules came into effect ensuring people in England should...

Insurer MetLife UK has agreed to become underwriter for YuLife’s group life cover policies. The partnership will see YuLife continuing to own its’ customer relationships and propositional offering while MetLife will be...

Royal London has confirmed it will enter into exclusive talks about merging with LV= following the collapse of Bain Capital's deal to takeover of the mutual. At a special general meeting this...

Two highly respected figures within the protection market have told Health & Protection they believe the use of loaded premiums does not meet the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Fair Value and proposed...

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Alak Sharma as director of risk and compliance, subject to regulatory approval. Sharma (pictured) joins from Brightside Group where she was risk and compliance director. She is a...