Individual Protection

While advice firms should still expect client-facing staff to dress appropriately, accommodations should be made for hot weather and any attempt to ban shorts for men could land them in hot water,...

The OneFamily Group has appointed Chris McNab (pictured) as head of protection propositions. McNab started his role last Thursday (8 August), after working for the group since May 2023 as a contractor....

Howden has promoted Rod Jones to chief operating officer (COO) of its new acquisition ActiveQuote. In the wake of the deal, Howden told Health & Protection that all ActiveQuote staff were being...

The Openwork Partnership has added MetLife’s standalone policy ChildShield product to its protection advice proposition for its more than 4,500 advisers. The product covers children from birth up to the age of...

Holloway Friendly head of underwriting and claims Helen Jacobs has told advisers they should contact her if they feel the mutual is not meeting its eight underwriting promises. Jacobs (pictured) told Health...

Holloway Friendly has made eight underwriting promises to advisers and their clients including attempting to match better terms from other insurers and for advisers to challenge it if they disagree with a...

BrokerIQ Solutions has launched the full version its Your Advisor Here (YAH) customer relationship management (CRM) software. It is an extension of the application and offers advisers their own customised app linked...

Legal & General has seen an 11% increase in UK protection sales in the first half of 2024, driven by its group risk business, compared to the same period last year. However,...

HSBC Life UK has promoted Richard Waters to head of protection distribution. Waters (pictured) has spent more than 30 years at HSBC having started as an insurance broker at the bank in...

Iress has added ex-smoker questions for its term and critical illness comparison service on The Exchange sourcing platform. The feature, supported at launch by Aviva and Royal London, aims to promote greater...