Individual Protection

Growing an advice business is rarely a simple task and while lead generation can play an important role when an intermediary is starting out, it appears advisers have had limited success when...

Four in 10 (44%) 18 to 40 year olds rarely or never set money aside in case they are ever unable to work, according to research from OneFamily. Women, renters, those with existing...

Sheldon Mills’ artificial intelligence (AI) review will consider the evolving fraud threat from the technology on retail financial services, including AI-enabled advisers and intermediaries. It will ask what good outcomes might mean...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering the prospect of introducing its own AI agents to help enforcement and make sure markets continue working well. The regulator floated the idea as part...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is not planning to make major regulatory changes from its review into the long-term impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on retail financial services. The regulator highlighted that...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a review into the implications of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) on consumers, retail financial markets and regulators. In November of last year, reports emerged that...

CIExpert has added Guardian to its children’s critical illness (CI) protection customiser tool. The provider joins Vitality and Zurich on the tool, giving advisers access to all insurers offering tailored children’s CI...

Royal London has seen a 50% increase in sales of whole of life protection policies. Over the summer, the mutual revealed it had almost trebled its new protection sales in the first...

Homeowners are prioritising fitting out their new properties over protection, according to research from Vitality. A survey of 2,000 homeowners, conducted by Opinium on behalf of Vitality, found those polled were more...

Aviva is removing the limits on its digital GP appointments for individual protection customers and their families as part of an overhaul of its DigiCare+ service. The insurer is also expanding its...