Protection
Protect Z: Tailor underwriting to mental health needs of smartwatch resisting Gen Z
Generation Z (born between 1997 and 2012) needs to be underwritten in a different way - mindful of their propensity to eschew smartphone use and openness around mental health. This was one...
Read moreAccepting digital modernisation: Why health and protection insurers cannot stand still – Jones
The health and protection insurance industry is at a crossroads. Consumers expect insurers to mirror Amazon, Google and Uber, providing the myriad of lifestyle apps on their phone that value their...
Read moreL&G reports £347m in group protection payouts
Legal & General paid £347m in claims across its group risk products in 2024, slightly below its total from 2023. For group income protection (GIP) L&G paid 3,542 claims in 2024, with...
Read moreMAB deputy CEO Thompson steps down and first COO hired
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) deputy CEO Ben Thompson is stepping down from his position and leaving the board of the mortgage and protection intermediary at the end of this year. In a...
Read moreMost older workers lack employer-provided insurance like PMI or protection – Canada Life
Most older workers do not benefit from employer-provided insurance products, according to a report from Canada Life. The provider's survey of 600 employers and more than 3,200 members of the UK public...
Read moreFCA ‘keen to understand’ effect of protection insurance exclusions – Brewis
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is “keen to understand” what the effect of pre-existing condition exclusions enacted by insurers are having on the protection market as part of its market study. Answering...
Read moreReframe Cancer recruits Russell Young as commercial director from Further Group
Reframe Cancer has appointed Russell Young to the newly created role of commercial director. Young (pictured) joins from Further Group UK where he was director of sales and account management and worked...
Read moreThe Right Mortgage & Protection Network adds Acre’s Health Fact Find feature
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added Acre’s Health Fact Find feature for its advisers. The network said the introduction forms part of its ongoing commitment to enhance the adviser and...
Read moreIPipeline launches Advanced Underwriting on SolutionBuilder with The Openwork Partnership
IPipeline has added Advanced Underwriting to its protection sourcing system SolutionBuilder in a bid to provide advisers with more precise premiums to initial protection quotes. Created in direct response to adviser feedback,...
Read moreIPTF adds direct link to CIExpert’s Insight Zone Dashboard
The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has added a direct link to CIExpert’s Insight Zone Dashboard within its adviser tools income protection section of its website. The CIExpert Insight Zone currently includes...
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