Individual Protection

British Friendly paid out 88.61% of new income protection (IP) claims in 2025, up from 86% in the previous year. The mutual’s claims statistics for 2025 revealed it paid £4.9m to members...

UnderwriteMe has added Guardian’s income protection (IP) products to its protection platform. Guardian's income protection is available on a stand-alone basis and now sits alongside its full suite of protection products on...

Aviva saw a 4% increase in health sales driven by greater demand from large corporates focused on improving employee wellbeing while protection new business dropped 8% as the recovery from the AIG...

Expats caught up in the current Middle East conflict are raising enquiries about mental health support, accident and repatriation cover and even life insurance. Over the weekend, the US and Israel launched...

A fifth of Britons are not adequately insured against health or financial shocks, according to Iress Financial Readiness Index. This comes despite twice as many people believing that they are sufficiently covered....

Health & Protection is launching the second edition of its provider service ratings for insurers in the UK health and protection markets. The research measures the service performance of all the key...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is forecasting that insurance premium tax (IPT) will now raise £57.8bn between 2025/26 and 2030/31, marking a £0.5 billion upgrade from estimates made following the Autumn...

Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 is now open. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is casting its regulatory eye on commissions in its Pure Protection Market Study. While that work does not extend to private medical insurance (PMI), advisers operating in...

Holloway Friendly has appointed John Gunn as non-executive director. Most recently chief finance officer (CFO) at The Exeter, Gunn (pictured) has more than 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry, with expertise...