Protection

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has added Guardian onto its protection panel. Guardian offers a range of individual protection insurance products including life insurance, critical illness, combined life and critical illness protection, children’s...

This past year has proven another record one for growth for the UK group risk market, according to Swiss Re’s latest annual Group Watch report The report shows that in 2023 the...

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has agreed an accident, sickness, and unemployment (ASU) partnership with independent insurance provider Wessex Group, for Stonebridge member firms. Created by Wessex Group, in conjunction with AmTrust...

LV= has told advisers to check their client's cover amid an increase of declined critical illness claims on the previous year. The mutual's claims report for 2023 shows that three in five...

Dentists’ Provident paid out sickness claims of £5.2m last year, with a new claims paid ratio of 99%, according to its 2023 annual report.  That compares to 2022 when Dentists’ Provident paid...

The cost of living is proving a greater concern for young people than older adults, according to official data. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data from a survey of 5,009 households...

Japanese life insurer Nippon Life's Singapore-based subsidiary Nippon Life Asia Pacific has received approval from Indian authorities to launch a subsidiary in Mumbai, India. Nippon Life has life insurance and asset management...

Broadstone has acquired London-based credit risk consultancy Vestigo Partners.  Vestigo specialises in credit risk services to lenders and financial investors, alongside wider modelling, analytics and reporting services.  The Vestigo team will augment...

Gallagher has added Lee Cook, John Deacon and Vishal Makkar to its benefits and HR consulting division in the UK. The trio who came to Gallagher through its acquisition of Buck in...

Advisers in the health and protection insurance markets face a 10% rise in Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fees for the current financial year, the regulator has revealed. Intermediaries operating in the A.19...