Protection

Tim Stoves is stepping down as Canada Life managing director for group protection - bringing to an end a 20-year career with the firm, the insurer has confirmed. He will be succeeded...

Digital mental health and wellbeing platform provider Spectrum.Life has joined group risk industry body Grid.  Spectrum.Life provides digital health, mental health, and wellbeing services, featuring a wellbeing platform and content solutions developed...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has rejected calls from smaller financial firms for it to intervene in the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market. The regulator dismissed pleas from two of its engagement...

The Consumer Duty will not be applied retrospectively to complaints received by it and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has emphasised. The regulator repeated its assertion about...

Mortgage and protection adviser Raj Chohan stole the show on last night's edition of The Apprentice. Week two in the search for Lord Sugar's latest business partner saw the men's and women's...

Insurers need to proactively ensure second-hand trauma experienced when handling distressing claims is understood across the sector. This is according to a report from the 2022/23 Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) New Generation...

Divorce rates appear to have stabilised somewhat in recent years, according to data from CP Law Associates, but it also indicates that may well be down to financial pressures rather than choice....

The competition regulator has opened an investigation into Aviva’s £460m takeover of AIG Life UK and its potential to substantially lessen competition in the sector. The initial part of the investigation is...

Communicating the benefits of protection insurance through a benefits sheet could be the key to demystifying cover for consumers. This is according to Alan Lakey, director at CIExpert (pictured), who spoke to...

Royal London has appointed Fiona Wynn as head of protection proposition and Mark Preston as service delivery manager with responsibility for large cases. The mutual said the appointments support its plans for...