Individual Protection

NatWest has launched a range of protection insurance to its retail and mortgage customers. The product suite includes life insurance, expanded critical illness cover, and over-50s life Insurance. While critical illness cover...

Leah Barnes, protection specialist at London & Country (pictured), speaks to Health & Protection about why her start in the protection sector brought an end to her travels around Australia, overcoming setbacks...

Striking out on your own as an adviser can prove daunting - most will not know where to start and in an era of increased remote working leaving colleagues to go it...

Vitality has added HealthHero as a second partner to meet demand for its virtual GP services. The provider revealed that this new agreement will complement its existing arrangement with long-standing partner Livi...

The number of people living with cancer could hit 5.4 million people by the year 2045. This is according to a report which draws on Scottish Widows’ actuarial expertise and is informed...

More than a third of financial advisers are expecting demand for private medical insurance (PMI) to rise in the UK this year, a survey has discovered. The study of 750 advisers by...

Nine in 10 advisers think income protection (IP) sales will grow over the next five years. This is according to the Protection Distributors Group's (PDG) Protection Insights Report 2026. The report reveals...

Abigail Montrose hears how changes to Inheritance Tax rules are triggering steep demand for protection planning but greater collaboration is needed.   Changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) rules bringing more people and...

Almost a third of advisers have changed the way they recommend critical illness cover in the past two years following a campaign spearheaded by a comparison service. Around three in 10 advisers...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will look into claims experiences and incentives for consumers to switch products as part of its pure protection market study. The regulator has already confirmed it will further...