Individual Protection

Guardian is consulting on staff redundancies as part of its 2025 strategy to reduce growth targets, Health & Protection can reveal. Interim CEO Peter Mann (pictured) confirmed to Health & Protection the...

Zurich has joined Iress's The Exchange. In doing so the insurer has become the third provider to support new ex-smoker questions on the sourcing platform. By enabling the questions on its term...

Andrew Wibberley is to step down as co-chairperson of the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) as the organisation undergoes a restructure. Wibberly also announced that he will be starting a new role...

The Consumer Duty is leading to increased adviser engagement with protection insurance, with 41% admitting they are having more protection conversations as a result of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) regulations. This...

Covid was a main driver for the success of virtual GP services but artificial intelligence (AI) will play a big part in helping to to drive the future growth of the service,...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is interviewing 20 social media influencers under caution, as it launches targeted action against these ‘finfluencers’ who may be pushing financial services products illegally.  The FCA has...

There is no question that digitisation is becoming a necessity for the health and protection insurance markets, however it is clear younger generations are becoming the most influential population in driving forward...

More than 10 million individual protection policies were in force at the end of 2023, the latest Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found. The figures cover 13 major...

Guardian marketing and proposition director Jacqui Gillies is leaving the insurer and departing the industry after 42 years while the provider said it will be focusing on working with fewer advisers and...

Price comparison website MoneySupermarket has launched an online life insurance service in collaboration with protection adviser LifeSearch. The service offers a range of life insurance products including critical illness cover, whole of...