Individual Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering using the submission of tax returns and other major life events such as births to promote awareness of protection insurance. The regulator highlighted the possibilities...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is leading groups from across the financial services industry to increase consumer take-up of protection, particularly focusing on those disproportionately unprotected. The regulator highlighted several approaches with...

Most consumers approaching or in retirement are unsure whether their protection policy would support them if they were diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's disease.  This is according to research carried out with...

Milestone moments trigger important protection conversations, according to research from Aviva. Its poll of 2,000 adults found around two-thirds (65%) said they often think about everyday experiences that only later became significant...

Lia’s Wings trustee Patrick Schoennagel introduces the charity and explains why a very powerful, personal experience drove his desire to enable it to grow to never say no. He also discusses the...

For many countries with ageing populations, dementia presents major challenges: from the provision and costs of social care to the burden of appraising novel medical technologies targeting the dementia care market. Insurers...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not believe proposals to reduce the value measures reporting requirements on insurers will create conflicts of interest. The regulator has launched a consultation on dropping two...

Underwriting processes and dealing with pre-existing conditions dominate adviser demands for industry improvements. Health & Protection’s exclusive research conducted among more than 200 advisers operating in the UK individual protection market revealed...

Howden Employee Benefits chief operating officer (COO) Peter Murphy has taken on an expanded remit with responsibility for the firm’s combined employee benefits business, which spans 2,600 UK colleagues following the integration...

National Friendly has appointed Paul Allen as chief marketing officer, Peter Stanley as deputy chief actuary and Danny Turner as business development manager. Allen joins from Zurich, where he was head of...