Individual Protection

Cirencester Friendly has promoted Sue Kissane to underwriting manager and Rob Higgins to senior manager - claims. The mutual said Kissane, who has been at the Society for just over five years,...

Difficulty securing a doctor’s appointment since the start of the decade has meant there is now no question that people are perfectly happy to see a GP virtually rather than endure an...

Working with the protection industry and knowing about value added services may well have saved the lives of Teladoc Health's Dave Marcus and his wife Emily. Speaking on the final day of...

While "bad things" could occur if the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) start playing around with commissions, advisers still expect the regulator to get rid of loaded premiums as part of its pure...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is not ruling out banning or capping loaded premiums on protection products and has admitted it ‘has concerns’ in the protection market. The regulator has previously sought...

Berkeley Alexander is launching a modular accident sickness and unemployment (ASU) product which includes an income protection element to its options. The SafeGuard Protect product provides three standalone modules: personal accident, IP,...

While two in three to UK adults admit they would struggle financially if they were unable to work, seven in 10 have never investigated buying income protection. This is according to research...

More than a third of firms (34%) are finding evidencing outcomes for vulnerable customers as required by the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty board reporting requirements to be "extremely challenging". This...

Not taking out income protection (IP) is like going into a betting shop and wagering that you will not be sick for the next 50 years. This is according to Gary Waters,...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) believes the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pending pure protection market study will trigger a wave of consolidation which it intends to take advantage of. The intermediary expects the...