Protection

VitalityLife paid £149m in claims across life, serious illness and income protection (IP) in 2025 – almost 5% up from £142m the previous year. The life insurance approval rate was up slightly...

The Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) new UK captive insurance regime will go live in the middle of next year. This is according to Shoib Khan, director of insurance supervision at the Bank...

While overall income protection (IP) applications and volumes have increased 7% and 56%, respectively, year-on-year, the market still faces a protection gap that remains "stubbornly large". This is according to the third...

Employers who offer their employees group risk benefits saw 68% of their absentees return to work during 2025, according to data compiled by group risk industry body Grid. The trade body also...

Celebrities like Love Island’s Molly Mae will never effectively educate young people about protection products and it is too late to start cutting Generation Alpha off from social media. These were two...

How artificial intelligence (AI) creates a return on investment is still the big question that insurers need answering, Health & Protection's IPMI breakfast briefing in association with Flywire has heard. This was...

Protection insurers should resist raising the red flag when it comes to individuals who disclose they are proactively taking care of their mental health. This is according to panellists who were participating...

Guardian’s new critical illness plans have gone live for advisers and their clients today (15 June). The provider’s two new core covers – Critical Illness Essentials and Combined Life and Critical Illness...

Royal London paid 98.4% of all protection claims made in 2025 supporting 62,412 customers, with a record total of £821m paid due to the inclusion of Aegon claims. This compares with £751m...

Cancer is increasingly something people live with, not just something they survive. That changes the shape of financial risk, and it changes what good advice needs to cover. Modelling from Scottish Widows...