Individual Protection

Consumer satisfaction with insurers has fallen slightly to 84% in the last quarter of 2024, down from 86% a year earlier, according to data published today by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)...

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) is calling on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to reform its Consumer Duty product value/fair value assessment regime due to an "unnecessary" burden on broker productivity....

The average cost of a simple attended funeral in the UK is now at an all-time high of £4,285, representing an annual increase of 3.5% – according to the latest SunLife Cost...

National Friendly has added an option to include sickness cover to its Friendly Shield product. Launched last summer, Friendly Shield provides essential, non-underwritten cover for unforeseen eventualities. The new sickness option includes...

FinCalc and Plannr have added the Launch in FinCalc button within Plannr. The facility aims to enhance the existing two-way integration allowing Plannr users to open the client record within FinCalc with...

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...