Individual Protection

Complaints about private medical and dental cover, and income protection insurance (IP) rose sharply in the last financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The service received 1,476...

Income protection specialist Holloway Friendly paid 98% of claims excluding non-disclosures in 2020. The society revealed it supported 697 members and their families by paying out £3.4m in benefit - £1m more...

Insurers should communicate the benefits of health cover more effectively to companies and individuals alike, access better data on the societal benefits of health and protection insurance and improve product innovation to...

Cirencester Friendly increased membership to 43,000 and premium income by 7.5%, according to its 2020 annual report and accounts. The report, published today, reveals the mutual insurer saw premium income rise from...

Financial experts in the media rival advisers, brokers and banks as a source of information for making financial decisions, a survey has found. The research also revealed that almost two-thirds (64%) of...

Financial Technology Research Centre (FTRC) has launched an information hub aimed at providing advisers with detail on what they need to know about technology available to them to better run their businesses....

CIExpert has launched a digital dashboard aimed at simplifying advisers' workflow for advising in protection, within its online platform. The Insurer Insight Zone expands on the platform's existing comparison service to enable...

Analysis of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) data has revealed a wide a disparity between the number of people taking out general insurance and protection cover. The FCA's latest insight article based on...

US life insurer Haven Life has launched a short term disability income insurance product. Haven Disability, issued by Haven Life's parent MassMutual, aims to provide coverage to those Americans who do not...

Royal London has become the latest insurer to remove underwriting restrictions put in place last year due to the pandemic. The mutual insurer announced this morning that it would continue to ease...