Protection

Benefex has bought Vebnet from Standard Life and will take over provision of flexible benefit services to 31 employers. The firms have not disclosed the cost of the acquisition but announced the...

Beagle Street has signed up to the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) Funeral Payment Pledge to offer payments for funeral expenses for customers where bereavement claims may be being delayed. The insurer, which...

Following its acquisition of AIG Life UK, Aviva has signed a five-year partnership deal with the NatWest Group for the distribution of its protection insurance products through NatWest’s UK retail banking brands...

A trio of cancer-beating opera artistes, including a soprano, tenor and a pianist, is aiming to give voice to the 77,000 people waiting more than two months for cancer treatment since getting...

Generali UK is launching a cancer recovery support service from 1 January at no extra cost as an add-on to its group life assurance proposition. All employees of its group life assurance...

MPs and peers are proposing that the appointed representative (AR) regime should either be banned entirely or networks should be made 100% responsible for their ARs. They suggest the Financial Conduct Authority...

Individual protection sales continued to recover in the third quarter of 2024, slightly outpacing the same period last year for the second consecutive period. The two periods of slight increases appear to...

Barnett Waddingham has appointed Baroness Helena Morrissey as non-executive chairwoman of its management board, effective from 1 January 2025. As chairwoman she will be responsible for providing independent oversight of the firm's...

Aviva is enhancing its fracture cover benefit for new protection policies to improve financial support for customers during their recovery. Cover is available for 18 types of bone fractures and 11 of...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted some of the good practices found in its review of the bereavement claims process and urged insurers to take note of them and potential areas...