Protection

Cura would not be benefitting from the services of one of its top performing advisers were it not for flexible working and the practice has driven the firm to reach a record...

Sales of new individual protection insurance policies climbed 3.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, according to reinsurer Gen Re. It found 531,419 policies were sold over the quarter up 3.6%...

Group Risk Development (Grid) has written to chancellor Rachel Reeves urgently requesting guidance on how proposed inheritance tax changes will apply to death in service payments, Health & Protection can reveal. Proposals...

L&G's retail protection business has revamped its adviser platform OLP Connect to enable advisers to update customer payment details and cancel policies on behalf of their clients. Advisers can now fully manage...

Vitality paid £142m in protection claims in 2024 - a 21.4% increase from the £117m in protection claims paid in 2023. Publishing its protection claims statistics for 2024, the insurer revealed it...

The inclusion of group life in the government’s captive framework has been welcomed but it is not expected to have a major impact on the industry or country unless further benefits are...

Recognising cancer as a long-term, manageable condition, employers are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities in workplace support, as Richard Browne hears.   The conversation around cancer in the workplace is undergoing significant...

The chancellor has charged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with reassessing the impact of its Consumer Duty on financial services and the way "businesses interact with other businesses". Delivering her Mansion House...

A 10-year long stop on claims made to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) may exclude most protection products as part of an exemption proposed by HM Treasury (HMT). The consultation proposing the...

The group life and employee benefits sector has been included in HM Treasury’s (HMT) plans for the new UK captive insurance regime, having been excluded from the original proposals. The first consultation...