Protection

Despite reporting high levels of engagement with protection insurance, research from Vitality indicates a significant misunderstanding among younger customers about how critical illness cover (CIC) actually works. This is according to consumer...

Firms should share vulnerable consumers’ personal data throughout the distribution chain to help meet their needs and ensure better outcomes, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. Data protection laws, while important,...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pure protection market study at the start of the year pointed to a significant protection gap across the country. But health outcomes are equally affected by stubbornly...

Zurich Corporate Risk has launched a cancer risk assessment tool designed to help employees of group risk customers better understand and reduce their risk of developing cancer.  The digital tool, which is...

Insurance advisers are set to contribute £39.4m to the FInancial Conduct Authority's (FCA) annual running costs for the coming financial year. Furthermore, the minimum fee that all registered firms must pay will...

LV= has posted an 8% rise in protection sales during 2025. This gave the mutual its highest ever market share of 8.4%, based on figures for the first nine months of the...

Just 21% of advisers under 30 support the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in claims and 38% in underwriting. This is according to the AI section of the Protection Distribution Group's (PDG)...

Syrona Health has launched a medically supervised weight-loss programme that is available through insurers, intermediaries and employer benefit schemes. The virtual programme offers clinician-led assessment and prescribing of GLP-1 medication as well...

Companies are struggling to provide private medical insurance (PMI) for their employees with premium prices reportedly rising by around a fifth last year. “Businesses with private medical have seen big and often...

Aviva paid £1.99bn across 61,632 individual and group protection claims last year. This was up from £1.89bn across 61,975 claims in 2024. The insurer paid more than 51,000 individual protection claims last...