Protection

LV= paid out £137m in protection claims in 2024. This was up by £2m from 2023, with the provider supporting almost 8,000 claimants and their families, according to its 2024 claims report....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans for a live artificial intelligence (AI) testing service, aimed at facilitating the safe use of the technology within the financial sector.   The regulator...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has announced the addition of Sapiens as its newest member, bringing the total of new members to join the organisation in 2025 to nine.  Sapiens is...

This is the last day to vote in the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed David Otudeko as director of regulation. Otudeko (pictured) who joined the ABI as assistant director, head of prudential regulation, in June 2021, has been...

Legal & General has rolled out a series of changes to its critical illness and income protection products while quote validity periods are being extended to tackle longer mortage processing times and...

Chedid Insurance Brokers in Qatar has announced the appointment of Alaa Ladkani, head of its international networks division, to the board of the Worldwide Insurance Network Group (WING).  WING, based in Zurich,...

The Boss, Bach, Coldplay and even an adviser's son's own band feature among our latest list of stress-busting songs the great and the good from the sector listen to in order to...

Insurers have outlined to Health & Protection how the changes to national insurance contributions (NICs) will effect employers with group income protection (GIP) plans. UK businesses now have to pay higher National...

Reframe Cancer has appointed professor Ben Kelly as chief operating officer. He joins Reframe Cancer from Nuffield Health, where he spent 10 years within their senior leadership team. As data director, Kelly...