Protection

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...

Aviva has promoted Jim Hunter to head of regional accounts within its retail protection business. Previously national sales manager for telephony, he will continue to report into Daren Boys, protection portfolio distribution...

The protection sector needs talent from Generation Z (born between 1997 and 2012) to move forward. But scaremongering about artificial intelligence (AI) replacing human beings is eroding this generation’s confidence to even...

Loaded premiums are fine, so long as the protection sector clearly explains to young customers what they are for and what they are paying for. This is according to a panel at...

The shortlists for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 adviser categories have now been revealed. The shortlists cover 15 categories spanning the breadth of the health and protection insurance industry. Winners...

Data indicating that most homeowners with an income protection policy don’t know what the policy covers isn’t a surprise and is symptomatic of a confused customer base bamboozled by brochures from insurers...

Pivotal has appointed two new members to its senior leadership team to drive growth across the mortgage and protection advice platform. Nneka Orji (pictured left) has been named group chief operating officer,...

LSL FS has appointed Robert Sinclair as a non-executive director. Sinclair (pictured), who served as chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) from 2012 until 2025, played a central role...

Research from Vitality suggests UK workers are overestimating how long they would receive full pay if they were off work sick, potentially leaving households vulnerable to an income shock. The survey of...

Organisational workplace wellbeing and culture leader Rachael Haynes speaks to Health & Protection about becoming who she fully is, why effective psychological safety at work is essential and why the words of...