Individual Protection

Europe's oldest person has survived Covid-19, just days before her 117th birthday. Lucile Randon, a French nun who took the name of Sister Andre in 1944, tested positive for coronavirus on 16...

Smokers are 57% more likely to cancel their life insurance before the end of the term than non-smokers, according to a major piece of analysis of cancellation data. Life insurance broker Protect...

Employers are being warned to take urgent action after it emerged that two-fifths of employee claims management firms expect to see an increase in claims related to Covid-19 over the course of...

January 2021 was the “saddest” in the past ten years, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that for Britain’s mental wellbeing, this January was the worst...

There is a tremendous wealth of evidence supporting the importance of wellbeing in the workplace, and with Covid-19 continually reshaping how we work and where we work, with significant impact on employee...

The UK Heath & Protection Awards voting process is now open, as insurance and service providers get set to do battle to prove who is the best in their field. In October, we will...

The Exeter, the specialist health and protection insurer, reported this week that it saw usage of its Healthwise physical and mental support service more than double in 2020. The provider said the impact...

Royal London has launched a protection tool designed to help advisers offer the most suitable menu protection plans for clients. Advisers can input information about their client including age, salary and whether...

More than two fifths of all deaths in the week ending 22 January were related to Covid, official statistics show. An analysis of death certificates suggests that more than 9,000 deaths –...

Lloyds Banking Group has hired Rose St Louis as its new protection director across the institution’s various brands. St Louis (pictured) will join Lloyds in March and succeed Gary Burchett who retires...