Protection

Shepherds Friendly has launched a simplified application process for short term income protection cover applications exclusively for advisers. While the mutual’s IP product remains unchanged, the simplified application launched on Monday (16...

Rob Joyce and Savas Kilicer have joined Towergate Health & Protection's group risk consulting team as group risk consultants. The pair (Kilicer pictured left, Joyce right) who join from Mercer and are...

Shortlists for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 provider categories have been revealed after advisers voted to support their favoured providers. The shortlists cover 14 categories spanning the breadth of the...

Legal & General has revealed it paid out a record 46 personal protection claims every day in the UK during 2021, totalling £797.9 million – up £33.9 million on 2020 – and...

Hannah Lee, a data scientist at Zurich Insurance, speaks to Health & Protection about the wealth of opportunities a career in protection insurance can offer, the challenge of moving teams after a...

Aegon UK has launched a new adviser dashboard bringing together all protection applications onto one online platform. The dashboard enables advisers to complete and submit applications online, track these in real-time and...

More than a third of business owners admit to having no protection in place for their firm in the event they or a key member of staff dies or suffers a severe...

Scottish Widows paid out a total of £207.9 million in protection claims in 2021, up from £206m in 2020. This is according to the insurer's 2021 claims data which revealed it paid...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules requiring brokers to assess the value other intermediaries in the chain bring can apply equally to international partners as they do domestic ones. This is according to...

All of the challenges faced over a 40 year career as a journalist covering wars, floods and disasters could not prepare Mike McCarthy for 20 February 2021 - the day which changed...