Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to increase minimum and flat rate fees in stages to £2,200 by 2026/27. After having frozen these fees in 2023/24, the regulator said in its...

More than 9.3 million individual protection policies were in force at the end of 2022, the latest Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found. The figures cover 10 major...

Protection adviser LifeSearch has agreed a protection advice referral partnership with 2plan Wealth Management. The arrangement went live in early November and is available to new and existing clients of 2plan’s 450-plus...

IPipeline has appointed Pat O’Donnell as chief executive officer.  O’Donnell (pictured) succeeds Deane Price, who has been interim CEO since February 2022. Price joined IPipeline after more than 10 years with fellow Roper...

Benefits claimants who fail to find a job for more than 18 months will be expected to take on work experience placements under government plans set for late next year, according to...

Income protection policy holders who need to claim Universal Credit (UC) should not be penalised for buying such a policy. This is according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) who are...

Studies from Swiss Re and leading life insurers indicate electronic health records (EHRs) can have a transformative impact on the traditional life and health underwriting process, resulting in significantly "quicker, non-invasive decisions...

Aviva has reported an 18% increase in health and protection new business in 2023 when compared to the first nine months of last year. The insurer's trading update for the third quarter...

Andrea Leadsom has been given a role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) as part of Rishi Sunak’s governmental reshuffle. Leadsom (pictured) is...

Lost workdays due to financial worries are estimated to cost UK employers £10.3bn annually, up from £6.2bn two years ago, according to analysis by the Centre for Economics and Business (CEBR). Presenteeism...