Individual Protection

Individual protection policy sales fell by 1.2% to 2,157,263 in 2020, according to Swiss Re’s latest Term and Health Watch report, the first fall since 2013. The reinsurer’s data, produced in association...

Vitality is removing the majority of the underwriting restrictions that were put in place at the height of the pandemic due to progress made with the UK vaccination programme and a decrease...

An income protection (IP) customer whose policy was cancelled when he tried to make a claim has had his complaint rejected by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) for failing to fully disclose...

People at their outset of early middle age can live for just three months without income and accessing their main savings, according to the Aegon Financial Wellbeing Index. The insurer's research reveals...

Vitality is integrating with Samsung Health to provide members with more ways to track their activity. The partnership will allow members with Samsung devices to link their health profile to their Vitality...

Isobel Langton joined The Exeter as CEO in April, taking over from the retiring Andy Chapman. In her first Q&A since taking over the position, she told Health & Protection, why she...

Intermediaries advising on health and protection insurance must charge renewing customers the same fees as they do to new business clients, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. The FCA announced the...

Protection products must be assessed to ensure they offer fair value to consumers, including those policies originated before October 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. It warned insurers over products...

The world of work has seen enormous disruption as a result of Covid-19. As restrictions are gradually lifting, we are looking to a future where hybrid working is becoming far more normal,...

Aviva has seen protection and health sales decline 7% year-on-year, according to a trading update for the first quarter of the year. The update, published today, reveals the insurer saw sales of...