Protection

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...

  Jennifer Gilchrist, proposition specialist for protection at Royal London, spoke to Health & Protection about how the market has recalibrated, adapting to new ways of handling claims and helping customers unlock...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Sacha Romanovitch as its independent non-executive director (INED).  She replaces the outgoing INED Baroness Dianne Hayter and has taken up her role with immediate effect.   Romanovitch...

CIExpert has launched the Single is Best campaign calling on the protection industry to advocate and actively encourage the recommendation of individual protection plans as the preferred option for couples and to...

National Friendly has simplified underwriting questions on its income protection (IP) applications. The insurer said this could cut the time it typically takes advisers to apply by more than half, from 14...

Aviva has appointed Charlotte Nixon as head of strategic accounts for its individual protection business. Nixon (pictured) will join in January from Quilter Financial Planning where she is proposition and distribution director,...