Protection

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has identified personal accident cover as potentially providing “poor value”. The regulator said concerns had been raised about the product’s value through the findings of its initial...

Discussing group income protection (GIP) with clients can open up additional business opportunities to arrange individual protection policies with staff, according to Pangea Life. The adviser also highlighted the importance of GIP...

Cloud8 is hitting the recruitment trail after securing a third round of funding worth £1.25m from existing investor Mercia. The Bristol-based employee benefits platform provider raised its initial seed round in March...

LV= is planning to join the Association of Financial Mutuals as part of its ongoing commitment to maintaining its mutual status. The issue has been a key one for the insurer in...

Wealth advisers should be referring income protection (IP) business to dedicated protection specialists, according to Future Proof director Alex Cleanthi. Cleanthi (pictured) was taking part in a panel debate on the second...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint and banned two climate change adverts placed by protection insurer and banking group HSBC as misleading. The regulator told HSBC UK to ensure...

Advisers should ask customers about the risks associated with them not being able to meet mortgage payments, rather than reeling off the benefits of income protection cover to them. The panel on...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) protection proposition director Andy Walton has revealed how failing to properly rearrange his income protection (IP) cover for a new job hit him hard when he fell seriously...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted it is frustrated with the way fair value pricing assessments for insurance contracts have been conducted throughout the industry. The regulator accepted the process has...

Firms need to ensure their Consumer Duty implementation plans due at the end of this month are well thought through and engage with the substance of the Duty, the regulator has said....