Individual Protection

Managing general agents (MGAs) Nirvana and Pulse have completed their planned merger following regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The merger creates...

Three quarters of UK life policyholders are not directing the benefits of their policies through trusts, according to Swiss Re and Insuring Change. By failing to place life insurance in trust, more...

Reassured has appointed Laura Mullaney as chief growth officer (CGO). Mullaney (pictured) will help implement Reassured’s operational transformation projects including digital scripting and more effective contact strategies including engaging with customers digitally...

Consumers do not typically see a future need for protection and there is confusion and a lack of knowledge about the products and add-on services available. Research by the Association of Mortgage...

Human advice remains critical in ensuring consumers understand the true value of protection insurance amid a mistrust of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI). This is particularly...

Vitality is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) powered service with Google which it will use to apply greater health insights and actions to customers across its insurance products. The insurer aims to...

Best Insurance is offering discounted accident, unemployment and sickness insurance to members of the armed service veterans’ platform, WeServed.  Accident and unemployment and sickness insurance feature alongside pet, gadget and home contents...

The chairman of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has called for the introduction of auto enrolment for protection to particularly help support the self-employed population. AFM chairman and Cirencester Friendly CEO...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has put the NHS front and centre as one of her and the nation’s priorities ahead of the Budget later this month. In a speech to set the scene...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Nikhil Rathi has called for the financial services industry and government to focus on increasing the financial capability and understanding of the UK population alongside inclusion...