Two in five people in the UK may have suffered financial abuse, according to research from Aviva. The research found women were more likely to experience such abuse with nearly half of...
Read moreBritish Friendly is adding fracture cover of up to £6,000 as an optional benefit to its income protection (IP) policies. The benefit can be added for £4 per month to new Protect...
Read moreJoanna Streames, managing director at Velvet, tells Health & Protection about how Sir Alan Sugar's boardroom reality show was integral to her entry into the protection sector. Almost thirteen years ago,...
Read moreSetul Mehta has been appointed head of partnership services at The Openwork Partnership with a focus on "bringing Consumer Duty to life". In his new role, Mehta (pictured) will take responsibility for...
Read moreJoint venture adviser Pivotal Growth has acquired mortgage and protection brokers RSC New Homes Limited and Group First Limited, the holding company for Mortgages First and Insurance First, from LSL Property Services...
Read moreThe Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has expects its management expenses budget to increase 5% to hit £99.8m for 2023-24, despite expecting to handle fewer claims next year. The increase is coming...
Read moreThe former chairman of the Personal Finance Society's (PFS) financial planning practitioner panel believes in an ideal world the body would become independent of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) as it can...
Read moreStarting another year, it’s important to think about what went well, or not so well, in 2022 and what we have learned that might help us to do our jobs a bit...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is extending measures introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to now support all insurance customers in financial difficulty whatever the reason. In its CP23/1 consultation the regulator explained...
Read moreSelf-employed people are leaving themselves financially exposed and face needing to carry on working should they be injured or become ill, despite the majority of people recognising the security of having protection...
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