Individual Protection

Chubb has today announced that Ana Robic, senior vice president, Chubb Group and currently division president of Personal Risk Services (PRS), Chubb North America, has been appointed to the position of regional president of Europe, Middle East and Africa.  ...

Life insurance is the largest product in the protection insurance market – but many people have a hard time trying to access it due to having pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and...

The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) is proposing significant structural changes to the next annual update of the CMI Mortality Projections Model, CMI_2024, due for release in Q2 2025. For the core version...

Shepherds Friendly has appointed Oliver Laird as non-executive director. Laird's career experience includes chief financial officer at Lookers, and First Direct Bank, director of central finance at Lloyds Banking Group, and finance...

Iress posted a $226.2m increase in profits in 2024, reversing a loss from 2023, according to its full year results. The results show that the firm delivered statutory net profit after tax...

MetLife UK is on the hunt for a new head of underwriting after promoting Lauren Wheadon to transformation and growth initiatives lead. Wheadon has spent a decade at MetLife with the vast...

It has been positive to see an overall increased awareness of the benefits of income protection (IP), with an upward trend in sales in recent years. However, I have been reflecting on...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the mortgage, protection and financial planning network, has welcomed a number of new advisers over the last quarter. The network confirmed that all of these intermediaries were active...

HM Revenue & Customs' Insurance Premium Tax take stood at £853m in January 2025, bringing the 10-month total for the 2024/25 financial year to a record £7.6bn. According to this morning’s HMRC...

Scottish Widows reported a significant increase in new protection applications from advisers and higher take-up from its mortgage customer base in 2024. However, it also increased provision for potential motor finance commission...