Protection

All advisers should ensure they are "well-advanced" on their journey towards compliance with Consumer Duty, according to Branko Bjelobaba, principal at consultancy Branko. Speaking to Health & Protection on the morning the...

Vicky Churcher, who recently retired as intermediary director and business transformation lead at AIG Life, has been appointed as a non-executive director at Cirencester Friendly.  Churcher joins Janice Banks, previously the senior...

The Exeter has appointed Suzanne Clark and Kelvin Malayapillay as non-executive directors (NEDs) to its board. Their appointments coincide with long serving senior independent non-executive director David Brand stepping down from his...

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has called on government to consider the role income protection can play in enabling people to stay in and return to work. The call came in...

PMS Mortgage Club, in partnership with compliance expert Bankhall, has rolled out a suite of new support to help mortgage and protection firms adapt to the Consumer Duty ahead of its 31...

Holloway Friendly has introduced a guide and training for advisers to make their communications easier to understand and more engaging. The free adviser guide is supplemented by interactive training sessions which firms...

Scottish Widows has increased the probate threshold on life insurance claims and investments from £50,000 to £150,000. The insurer told Health & Protection that at least 10% of life insurance claimants each...

Ashley Hill, protection expert at London & Country Mortgages, speaks to Health & Protection about leaving the world of furniture for insurance, taking inspiration from his captains of industry parents, overcoming exam...

More than a third of working age people are suffering prolonged physical or mental health issues and the number with many issues has soared in the last four years. Musculoskeletal (MSK) and...

There was a slight increase in protection and health insurance coverage in the two-year period since the pandemic first, hit fuelled by growing appetite for health cash plans and income protection. However...