Individual Protection

Most consumers want insurance products that include later life care with a significant majority also worried about leaving caring responsibilities or costs to others. Research carried out by Opinium for Vitality found...

Axa’s life and health businesses posted an 8% increase in gross written premiums (GWP) and other revenues in the first six months of 2026, the global insurer revealed. The insurer said favourable...

Scottish Widows claimed a further increase in protection market share in the first half of the year, according to Lloyds Banking Group H1 2026 results. The banking group said its insurer brand...

Fintel, which includes SimplyBiz and specialist protection distributor Omni Protect, saw revenue remain static in the first half of 2026. The firm reported statutory revenue of £42.1m in the six months to...

Health & Protection is delighted to announce that Lia’s Wings is the charity partner of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026. Lia’s Wings delivers life-saving air transfers by plane both within...

Income protection product innovation potentially holds the key to fixing the UK’s broken social care system. This is according to Johnny Timpson following new PM Andy Burnham reiterating his desire to tackling...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is contacting firms operating in the insurance market whose business models “may be creating heightened risks of conflicts of interest”. The regulator also warned it was “monitoring...

There is “significant” opportunity for growth in the UK’s protection market if insurers target underserved new populations, MetLife UK head of individual protection Phil Jeynes has told Health & Protection. This means...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to up their game to make Consumer Duty monitoring proactive and outcomes-focused. It also wants them to demonstrate how information drives action and test...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has said a number of important questions remain unresolved following its review of We Buy Life Policy. In response, We Buy Life Policy said it wants to...