Protection

Almost six in 10 critical illness (CI) policy holders mistakenly think they will continue to have cover for future illnesses after they receive a pay-out. This is according to research from Vitality...

Independent financial services consultancy Quantum Advisory has urged employers to re-evaluate expected group life assurance arrangements in the lead-up to the abolition of the lifetime allowance (LTA) on 6 April. It has...

Eight in 10 people aged over 50 do not have over 50s insurance covering funeral costs. This is according to research of 2,000 UK adults aged over 50 from OneFamily which also...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out guidance for firms and financial influencers - 'finfluencers' - on ensuring that their ads on social media stay on the right side of the...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has launched Let’s Talk IP, a podcast series hosted by Matthew Chapman. The podcast, set for two episodes a month, will see Chapman speak to industry...

Legal & General Retail has appointed Georgia Perkins as protection market development manager. Perkins joins from HSBC where she was a business development manager. Before that was a protection consultant at Aegon....

The next 12 months could be very significant for the mutual sector. All polls currently point to a Labour victory at the next general election, whenever it might be called. It has...

LifeSearch has joined forces with car insurance broker 1st Central in a collaborative ‘test and learn’ partnership to explore new ways of introducing life insurance protection to 1st Central’s customers. Running initially...

LV= reported a slight increase in protection sales in 2023 with regular new business premiums up 2% to £43m, from £42m the previous year. It said these sales generated £14m of trading...

Week 8 on The Apprentice saw the teams tasked with designing an advertising campaign for an electric vehicle. Protection adviser Raj Chohan's team took on a camper van, with Dr Paul Midha...