Protection

Aviva has updated its Covid underwriting approach to no longer ask customers about recent Covid diagnosis or symptoms. The insurer revealed that from today the following question will no longer be included...

Respondents to Swiss Re's latest Group Watch report are painting a generally positive picture about prospects for growth in the group protection market next year. The annual report, which draws on extensive...

Cirencester Friendly has agreed a long-term partnership with IPipeline to use its SSG Digital platform to replace the society’s existing protection IT platform. The new platform, which will replace the company's current...

Pivoting to online platforms to connect with protection customers in their homes when the pandemic hit helped adviser Robyn Allen engage with a younger demographic. And Allen, owner of Robyn Allen Solutions,...

Britons have admitted to cancelling insurance policies due to the adverse impact of rising inflation, according to research by LV=. The insurer's quarterly survey of 4,000 UK adults, found 5% of respondents...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty should act as the "ultimate nudge" for insurers to deliver fair outcomes to cohabitees following the death of their partner. Speaking at the Protection Review's...

St James's Place divisional director Tony Müdd has accused some non-advised protection broker firms of playing on customer confusion around the difference between advised and non-advised sales. Müdd also slammed the Financial...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consumer duty does not give any "wriggle room" for firms who think loaded premiums are acceptable, according to Tony Müdd, divisional director at St James' Place. Müdd...

Greater flexibility in product design is key to future proofing protection which could lead to annually renewable premiums and the ability to vary payments. Katie Crook-Davies, co-chairwoman of the Income Protection Task...

Death wishes, whether they pay for a world cruise for family members or just for someone to put the bins out each week, are a great way of getting people to connect...