Protection

Individual income protection provider Cirencester Friendly has paid 94 per cent of claims in 2020, 15 per cent of which were for Covid-related conditions. The pay-out rate means the provider has maintained its 10-year...

Home workers' sense of the pressure of being required to be online and present is soaring, with 54 per cent believing their employer should address the feeling of needing to be present...

Santé Group, the acquisitive wellbeing and health insurance group based in Lancashire has set out a target of grow its turnover to £10m by 2025 from £1.5m today. The Santé Group, which...

LV= paid out £6.5m in Covid related claims in 2020. This figure contributed to the insurer paying out a record £118m in individual protection claims over the past year. LV= said it...

People who quit smoking could save up to £16,000 on their insurance premiums, Royal London has found. Non-smokers could be eligible for lower rate premiums if they have not smoked tobacco or...

John Lappin, one of the most experienced and respected journalists in the financial intermediary publishing sector, is joining Health & Protection as associate editor, as we look to expand the team and...

VitalityLife says new protection policy holders who take out child serious illness cover (Child SIC) will be able to get cashback on their first 12 months premiums on Child SIC. The offer...

87%, the mental wellbeing platform founded by former Ladbrokes CEO Richard Glynn and backed by former Bupa CEO Stuart Fletcher and former Punter Southall Health & Protection CEO John Dean, is being...

Radiant Financial Group, a new consolidator of IFA firms chaired by former Skandia CEO Peter Mann, has appointed Alan Hopley as head of financial planning & analysis – adding to the recent...

Insurers increased their market share in the critical illness market during 2020, according to the latest GlobalData 2020 consumer survey, with brokers maintaining their position and banks losing out. Analysts say this...