Protection

Scottish Widows paid out £236.6m in protection claims in 2024. This was marginally down on the £243m paid out in 2023, but up from £199m in protection claims in 2022 and £207.9m...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on ending its requirement for insurance firms to review the value of their product at least every 12 months. Under its proposal, firms would instead...

The UK group risk industry paid out £2.59bn during 2024, an increase of £99.2m compared to 2023, according to Grid – the industry body for the group risk protection sector.  There was...

Legal & General broke the £1bn in retail protection claims barrier in 2024 which included approving income protection (IP) and critical illness (CI) claims that had been on risk for just a...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has added Empath_AI as its tenth new member of 2025. Research shows that up to one-third of callers to regulated contact centres may have unidentified vulnerabilities....

Almost all life cover applications with asthma, back pain and osteoarthritis disclosures were instantly accepted by insurers in 2024. The findings, taken from UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform Pulse Report 2024, showed that life...

New technologies typically incite passionate views about their potential to change the world, or at least certain industries and operations. So it is no surprise that despite not formally appearing on the...

Insurers play an important role in helping employees to get back to work quicker, according to research from Vitality.  The research showed that of the insurance advisers polled, a total of 85% say that...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 are open for entries from advisers, while the provider shortlists have also been unveiled this week. There are 14 Awards for advisers to highlight the...

The protection sector has come together to launch Business Protection focus week which will run between 2 and 6 June. Stuart Halliwell, owner of Stuart Halliwell Consultants, explained that the focus week...