Protection

The small gesture of a fellow hostage silently putting their hand on his was "terribly comforting" during his four years in captivity, according to Sir Terry Waite. Participating in Protection Review's ProtectX7...

Providers pumping money into adverts featuring celebrities who do not believe in protection cover is a "complete waste of time and money", according to Nina Brown, protection adviser at Pam Brown Mortgages....

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has produced a new guide to help advisers with self-employed clients through the duration of their IP policy to make the most of their policy and...

Advisers and brokers have a critical role to play in getting more micro businesses to invest in benefit packages for their employees, according to Mark Till, CEO of Unum UK.  Speaking about...

The number of pure protection sales marginally decreased over the past year amid a decline in advised critical illness sales sold with mortgage protection. This is according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s...

While firms' Consumer Duty processes do not have to be "perfect" from day one, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does expect them to have the capability to monitor outcomes from the day...

Team Allianz faced a seemingly unbeatable Team Aston Lark for the latest edition of the FJN Cup, in aid of Wolfram Syndrome UK at the Horsham Football Club, West Sussex. The two...

Employee benefits provider Unum UK is integrating cancer support services provided by Reframe into its health and wellbeing app Help@hand. The move benefits all employees who have an an employer-paid critical illness...

Most employees believe employers should receive tax incentives for offering insurance benefits - including health and income protection cover - to their staff. This is according to a survey of 2,000 UK...

At the IPTF we get frustrated that positive intent about income protection (IP) doesn’t always transfer through into impressive sales. This sense amplifies with the self-employed – at times it feels like...