Individual Protection

Innovation from insurers in the design of income protection products could fill the gap where employees are left out of pocket while benefitting from new bereavement leave rights. Last month, government unveiled...

The winners of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 were revealed at a magnificent gala ceremony at the London Hilton Park Lane. Watch the video highlights below of the night, including...

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has acquired a "significant" strategic stake in mortgage and protection advice firm New Homes Mortgage Services (NHMS). NHMS is the largest appointed representative (AR) mortgage and protection intermediary...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be collecting fair value data from pure protection insurance providers, Health & Protection can reveal. The regulator said it was planning to collect the data as...

CIExpert's Single Is Best campaign has come under fire from advisers for promoting bad advice in situations where recommending two single life policies is not the best option. However, CIExpert director Alan...

Iress has added Scottish Widows’ new income protection (IP) product to The Exchange. The IP product launched last month is in addition to Scottish Widows’ existing term, multi-benefit and mortgage protection products...

Edward Argar has been appointed shadow secretary of state for health and social care and Helen Whatley as shadow work and pensions secretary by Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch. Argar (pictured) has...

There is a generational difference when it comes to views of the importance of protection insurance, with younger generations viewing it as more important than older ones, according to research from the...

Advisers have reached no clear consensus over whether insurer service levels have improved or not while consumers want faster service from insurers in terms of applications and paying claims. More than a...

Alternative options to trust arrangements appear to be highly popular with advisers and their clients for securing life insurance payouts, the latest Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found...