Protection

Royal London has seen its protection sales soar 66.7% in the first half of the year following income protection product updates and continued momentum in its high net-worth business. It also noted...

Legal & General protection sales grew significantly during the first half of 2026 due to an increase in margin and completions, the insurer reported. There was a near equal split between retail...

Work Health Experts has joined group risk industry body Grid. Siera Torontow, managing director and co-founder of Work Health Experts, said: “We help reduce risk at source by building leadership capability, improving...

There is scope for the insurance market to take a greater role in the social care and long-term care markets, key industry leaders have told Health & Protection. This would require the...

Omni Protect has been chosen by Walsham Brothers as its first distribution partner. The distributor's firms will have access to Walsham Brothers’s mortgage payment protection Insurance (MPPI) range, designed to cover the...

Chancellor of the exchequer John Healey has confirmed the Autumn Budget will take place on 28 October. In a video message Healey committed to a Budget that would “kickstart growth in every...

Captain Kirk has cancer.  William Shatner, who played the original Star Trek space adventurer, has been diagnosed with melanoma, which has spread to his lungs and brain.  Furthermore, the diagnosis came while...

Most consumers want insurance products that include later life care with a significant majority also worried about leaving caring responsibilities or costs to others. Research carried out by Opinium for Vitality found...

Andy Stephenson, a stalwart of the group risk sector who has just retired from his role as senior account manager at Aviva, speaks to Health & Protection about starting out as a...

Employers are facing a multitude of challenges across their businesses today, including rising health-related absences. In 2025, the Labour Force Survey estimated 148.8 million working days were lost because of sickness or...