Protection

LV= is extending both its payment break and premium and cover reduction options until the end of the year. The measures are available for a maximum of six months and customers who...

More than two in three workers are worried about a loss of earnings due to injury or illness such as Covid, according to research from health and protection insurer The Exeter. The...

LSL has begun an adviser hiring spree after agreeing a five-year deal to provide protection advice to all members of The Property Finance Group (TPFG). The Property Franchise Group has more than...

Half of UK employers are failing to comply with legislation introduced last year on sick pay, according to research undertaken for group risk protection industry body Grid. The Employment Rights (Employment Particulars...

LV= is updating its underwriting approach so people with chronic medical conditions including severe respiratory conditions, heart and lung diseases, and cancer can apply more easily. As a result of the lowered...

Too much corporate 'noise' is stopping employees from engaging with group protection policies, according to research from insurer Legal & General. The research, released this morning, finds while two-thirds (66%) of employers...

Rob Harvey has joined life insurance information service Protection Guru as a technical protection specialist. Harvey, previously a specialist protection expert at protection specialist Drewberry, will support the business in its continued...

Australian life insurer MLC Life Insurance has made two senior appointments to its finance team. Lesley Mamelok has been appointed general manager, finance & deputy CFO while Robert Baillie takes on the...

Aviva has paid more than £1bn to its individual protection customers in a year in which the pandemic had a mixed impact on new mental health income protection claims. The insurer revealed...

Canada Life has appointed Lindsey Rix as UK chief executive officer. Rix, who succeeds Doug Brown who left the life insurer late last year, will report into David Harney, president and chief...