Protection

The National Insurance Contribution (NIC) lower threshold will be increased by £3,000 in July to bring it into line with the Income Tax personal allowance lower limit. However, the move has been...

UK inflation hit a 30-year high of 6.2% in February as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI), up from 5.5% in the previous month. Insurers have warned that the duration of...

Advisers believe that research indicating women put more emphasis on building relationships with clients' families only underlines the importance of ensuring gender balance within the profession. Health & Protection spoke to a...

Four in 10 insurance businesses across the global have reassessed their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals due to social trends such as the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements. This is...

LV= has paid more than £19m towards coronavirus protection claims since the start of the pandemic, according to data from the mutual released to coincide with the second anniversary of the UK's...

Howden is warning the industry to beware of “really crap” health and wellbeing apps as Siemens is calling for insurers and advisers to give employers more support on which ones to use....

Aviva has made a series of changes to its individual protection underwriting process including increasing its medical evidence age and sum assured thresholds and relaxing its Covid policy. On individual income protection...

Royal London has made changes to its critical illness cover (CIC) in a bid to pay more protection claims. Under the changes the mutual insurer has added two new definitions that pay...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is adding the full LV= flexible protection plan range of products and options to its protection panel. LV='s income protection plans have been available to MAB advisers since...

Munich Re has announced it will not renew existing contracts in Russia and Belarus and has suspended all new business. The group added it will do the same with its investments in...