Individual Protection

The total amount that general insurance (GI) distributors will be required to pay to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will increase to £1.2m in 2025/26. This is up from £0.8m in...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has appointed several directors to a newly formed board designed to provide oversight and governance to the organisation. Joining managing director, Jo Miller (pictured top left),...

Yorkshire Building Society has agreed a partnership with LifeSearch aimed at enhancing the protection services it provides to its customers through LifeSearch’s market access and expert advice. The new proposition, will give...

Vitality has published data on how its life insurance customers who move from inactive lifestyles to active ones, can extend their lives by five years.  The findings come from a study spanning...

CIExpert has appointed Steven Wanstall as a consultant to help develop a new income protection comparison facility. Alan Lakey, director at the critical illness comparison service (pictured), told Health & Protection that...

The OneFamily Group has appointed Adam Cubitt as head of distribution for its Beagle Street brand. Cubitt's focus will be expanding the organisation’s intermediary distribution and driving new business to support the...

Emergenzz Financial Services has announced that Stephen Oke has officially been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a co-owner of the firm.   Oke (pictured) is the husband of Sheun...

The Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed Marc Harris as chief operating officer (COO). Harris has spent the last 20 years working in regulated financial services companies across change management, transformation and digital...

Royal London has appointed Joanne Legg as national account manager. Legg (pictured) joins from Protection Guru where she was sales and relationship manager. Back in October 2024, Health & Protection revealed Legg...

SunLife, and health support service has partnered with RedArc to allow customers access to free support for anyone who purchases a guaranteed over-50 plan from 27 December 2024. The service also covers...