Protection

People at their outset of early middle age can live for just three months without income and accessing their main savings, according to the Aegon Financial Wellbeing Index. The insurer's research reveals...

Last month Health & Protection reported on research which drew a link between working excessive hours and increased chances of having a stroke or developing heart disease. Speaking to those in the...

Vitality is integrating with Samsung Health to provide members with more ways to track their activity. The partnership will allow members with Samsung devices to link their health profile to their Vitality...

Isobel Langton joined The Exeter as CEO in April, taking over from the retiring Andy Chapman. In her first Q&A since taking over the position, she told Health & Protection, why she...

Intermediaries advising on health and protection insurance must charge renewing customers the same fees as they do to new business clients, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. The FCA announced the...

Protection products must be assessed to ensure they offer fair value to consumers, including those policies originated before October 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. It warned insurers over products...

The world of work has seen enormous disruption as a result of Covid-19. As restrictions are gradually lifting, we are looking to a future where hybrid working is becoming far more normal,...

Aviva has seen protection and health sales decline 7% year-on-year, according to a trading update for the first quarter of the year. The update, published today, reveals the insurer saw sales of...

Complaints about private medical and dental cover, and income protection insurance (IP) rose sharply in the last financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The service received 1,476...

Income protection specialist Holloway Friendly paid 98% of claims excluding non-disclosures in 2020. The society revealed it supported 697 members and their families by paying out £3.4m in benefit - £1m more...