Individual Protection

Sian Fisher is to step down as CEO of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) after more than six years at the helm of the professional body. Fisher (pictured) will complete her six-month...

Advisers should avoid a 'one-size fits all' approach when communicating with clients, according to Rose St Louis, protection director at Scottish Widows. St Louis spoke to Health & Protection following the release...

Guardian is offering cashback worth two months' of premiums for all critical illness (CI) applications made within the next two months. Clients who apply for the insurer's CI protection or combined life...

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...