Protection

British Friendly has launched children’s critical illness cover today as an optional benefit which can be added for an additional cost to its new Protect and Breathing Space income protection policies. The...

Anne Drugnick is to head Secondsight’s health and protection division, following the successful acquisition and integration of Punter Southall’s employee benefits advisory business. Drugnick (pictured) joined Punter Southall back in 2002 as...

Kicking off Pride Month, Ben Mizen, head of engagement and people development at OneFamily, speaks to Health & Protection about not feeling safe to come out at work early in his career,...

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to give cancer patients a legal right to start treatment within 62-days after an urgent referral should the party win the upcoming general election. Liberal Democrat leader...

Holloway Friendly has joined UnderwriteMe’s protection platform.  Suzy Esson, chief operating officer at Holloway Friendly, said: "We continue to prioritise change, based on adviser feedback. A number of firms asked us to...

The independent financial adviser network Tenet Group has appointed administrators. On its website the group has posted a message revealing Ed Boyle, Rob Spence and Howard Smith of Interpath Ltd were appointed...

The shortlists for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 adviser categories have now been revealed. The shortlists cover 15 categories spanning the breadth of the health and protection insurance industry. This...

A key component of Zurich's new optional, paid-for add-on service for its individual protection products was influenced by a personal experience very close to home, according to the insurer's head of proposition...

Aviva has expanded the children’s benefit on its group critical illness policy with the addition of four new child-specific conditions.  The conditions are: Down's syndrome, Edwards syndrome, Osteogenesis imperfecta and Patau syndrome. ...

OneFamily has added its Over 50s life cover protection cover to Iress’s The Exchange platform. Warren O’Connell, head of business development, sourcing at Iress, said: “We’re delighted to welcome OneFamily onto our...