Protection

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has is in the final stages of extending the Bereavement Support Payment and Widowed Parent’s Allowance to working age parents who were not married or...

Data from IPipeline will be used by online financial education platform Thrive Money to provide risk reports on mortgages and renting. At the end of the month these interactive reports will be...

Insuring Change has dubbed unregulated pre-paid probate plans as the "reincarnation of the worst of the pre-paid funeral plans market on steroids", while the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned customers about...

A U-turn by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on the treatment of group income protection (GIP) scheme contributions made through salary sacrifice means benefits paid out to some claimants will become fully...

Some firms are struggling to apply the Consumer Duty, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It also warned firms not to be “over-confident” that their existing processes would be adequate to...

The British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) will be seeking further concessions from government on Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) and P11D costs for health cover in its Budget submission, chief executive Steve White...

The chairwoman of the Woman and Equalities Select Committee of MPs has slammed the government's dismissal of workplace menopause interventions for being discriminatory towards men as "grasping at straws". Committee chairwoman Conservative...

Alan Fergusson is stepping down as global employment benefits practice leader at the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) after a decade of being involved with the organisation. His 25 years in the employee...

Advisers need to tread "very carefully" where customers are considering cancelling private medical insurance (PMI) or protection cover as cost of living pressures mount, according to Branko Bjelobaba, principal at consultancy Branko....

Absolute Military has launched a personal accident policy for military personnel and their families. The specialist military insurance broker's new cover offers risk based pricing and the ability to flex cover. Johnny...