Protection

Legal & General Group Protection has agreed a partnership with long-term condition management support service ConnectPlus, from Health and Care Innovations (HCI). Available to all insured employees and their immediate family, the...

Lead generation firm CleverKeith has been reprimanded for an advert which appeared to depict life insurance as a moneymaking scheme and for implying it was an advice firm which could get consumers...

More than three quarters of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) staff have backed industrial action at the regulator. This is the second time FCA workers have backed strike action this year. While February's...

Compliance consultant Branko Bjelobaba has raised concerns about difficulties health and protection insurance intermediaries face in budgeting for the Financial Compensation Schemes Levy (FSCS) following the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launching its...

Howden has acquired mortgage advice firm SPF Private Clients. The purchase solidifies a "long-established trading relationship" between the firms. The international insurance broker said the deal extended its reach into the mortgage...

Difficulty accessing public sector mental health support is driving growth in the mental health and wellbeing app market, according to protection and health advisers - but there are conerns about their quality....

The Exeter paid out 4% more in income protection (IP) claims in 2021 despite a 31% drop in volumes driven by a decline in Covid claims. The protection and health insurer's IP...

A free online hub which reconnects consumers with their lost and dormant accounts including life insurance, pensions and investments, has gone live today. The Gretel hub claims to reconnect consumers with lost...

Royal London is extending its Underwrite Later facility to higher value life and and whole of life policies. The option has been extended to life cover on personal menu plans with a...

Andrew Doran is to succeed Warren Copp as chief underwriter at Pacific Life Re. Copp, who is retiring at the end of the year, was a founding member of Pacific Life Re's...