Protection
GDPR should not stop vulnerable customers accessing added value services – Timpson
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is no excuse for obstructing vulnerable protection customers from accessing added value services. This is according to protection industry veteran and Morgan Ash chairman Johnny Timpson (pictured),...
Read more‘Hollowing out’ of PMI and protection plans as comparison sites dominate – Daley
Fairer Finance has warned of a ‘hollowing out’ of private medical insurance (PMI) and protection products to facilitate distribution through price comparison websites. James Daley, managing director of the consumer group, warned...
Read moreCII vulnerability data guidance highlights health conditions, life insurance and abuse
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published new guidance to support insurance and personal finance firms in managing data relating to customers in vulnerable circumstances. The Data Privacy for Customers in Vulnerable...
Read moreVitality protection claims paid up 5% to £149m – updated
VitalityLife paid £149m in claims across life, serious illness and income protection (IP) in 2025 – almost 5% up from £142m the previous year. The life insurance approval rate was up slightly...
Read moreUK captive insurance regime to go live mid-2027 – Khan
The Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) new UK captive insurance regime will go live in the middle of next year. This is according to Shoib Khan, director of insurance supervision at the Bank...
Read moreProtection gap ‘stubbornly large’ despite IP market growing 7% – IPTF
While overall income protection (IP) applications and volumes have increased 7% and 56%, respectively, year-on-year, the market still faces a protection gap that remains "stubbornly large". This is according to the third...
Read moreGroup risk helps two-thirds of absentees return to work and pays £2.69bn – Grid
Employers who offer their employees group risk benefits saw 68% of their absentees return to work during 2025, according to data compiled by group risk industry body Grid. The trade body also...
Read moreProtect Z: Celebrities cannot educate young people about protection and social media ban won’t work
Celebrities like Love Island’s Molly Mae will never effectively educate young people about protection products and it is too late to start cutting Generation Alpha off from social media. These were two...
Read moreIPMI breakfast briefing: Insurers need to crack ROI challenge from AI – Dineika
How artificial intelligence (AI) creates a return on investment is still the big question that insurers need answering, Health & Protection's IPMI breakfast briefing in association with Flywire has heard. This was...
Read moreStop punishing people and treat some mental health disclosures as a ‘green flag’
Protection insurers should resist raising the red flag when it comes to individuals who disclose they are proactively taking care of their mental health. This is according to panellists who were participating...
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