Individual Protection

Paradigm has appointed Nick Delawa as business development director. Covering London and the South East, Delawa (pictured) will work closely with member firms to support business growth, provide strategic guidance and ensure...

Depleting consumer confidence has led to increased interest in taking out protection cover. This is according to National Friendly’s Bruised Britain #3: Modern Day Fears study which polled 2,000 consumers in February...

Zurich is providing its life protection customers with access to bereavement support service Empathy at no extra cost and also investing in specialist training for its teams. From today, retail protection customers...

Claire Bostock has joined Aviva’s individual protection team as a strategic account manager.  Her most recent role was at HSBC Life where she worked for almost eight years as a national account...

Royal London has added more than 500 occupations and reduced and increased rates across its income protection (IP) product as part of several changes to the product proposition. It will now consider...

Overall mortality rates in the first quarter of 2026 were lower than in any previous first quarter on record. This is according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) mortality analysis for England...

Confusion around underwriting and pricing is discouraging many UK consumers from taking out life insurance. This is according to a survey of 2,000 UK adults from UnderwriteMe which indicates an array of...

Only a small minority of UK homeowners correctly understand what income protection (IP) covers, according to research from LifeSearch and HomeOwners Alliance. The survey of 2,000 UK adults found more than a...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 are open for entries from advisers, while voting for the provider awards is also underway. There are 15 Awards for advisers to highlight the quality...

April is Stress Awareness Month so Health & Protection spoke to professionals across the health and protection sectors to find out what their go-to exercises are for reducing stress. We have had...