Protection

Canada Life is offering the Toothfairy a dental care app to all group protection customers. The app has been created by two dentists and uses patent-pending technology to solve a number of...

The UK group risk market posted record premiums over the past year as scheme and member numbers increased, but future growth is being threatened by double taxation of group income protection (GIP),...

Members of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) that offer income protection products paid out £52m in claims over the year, to more than 9,000 customers. The figure was up from £34m...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of DeadHappy after a complainant alleged a TV ad trivialised the cost of living crisis. The regulator acknowledged some viewers would question the...

More than one in five (22%) people with an over-50s life plan are thinking about cancelling their cover due to the cost of living crisis, according to research from Scottish Friendly. The...

Legal & General Group Protection has added second medical opinion, medical concierge and nurse support services from global health company Medigo to its group income protection (GIP) products. The services are available...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has secured £17,000 in financial sponsorship support from a range of key businesses associated with the protection industry. The sponsors including CIExpert, IPipeline, Iress, NMG Consulting, Protection...

Tavistock has acquired the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Bangor, Northern Ireland-based health and protection adviser firm Precise Protect. Precise Protect has a network of over 200 advisers...

Pivotal Growth has acquired Embrace Financial Services and First2Protect from LSL Property Services. Embrace is a provider of mortgage and protection advice to estate agencies including LSL’s franchised and owned estate agency...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has completed its  acquisition of Buck. In December Health & Protection reported Gallagher had reached agreement to buy rival HR and employee benefits consultancy Buck in a...