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Cirencester Friendly IP claims rise 15% as approval rate remains at 95.8%
Cirencester Friendly paid 95.8% of new income protection (IP) claims made in 2024, equalling the figure approved in 2023. The total number of claims considered increased by 15%, with 1,414 IP claims...
Read moreProtection Forum: Adviser failed in properly explaining IP to my heavily pregnant house painter – Wilson
Advisers need to properly explain income protection, according to Amy Wilson, head of insurance at The Right Mortgage & Protection Network. Participating in a panel session at Health & Protection's Protection Forum...
Read moreProtection Forum: Protection products cater for LGBTQ+ community, but underwriting can improve and Trump election is a worry
Protection products cater well for LGBTQ+ communities. But underwriting questions could be worked on and there are fears that right wing attitudes connected to the election of Donald Trump in the US...
Read moreProtection Forum: Identifying cost to serve fundamental to FCA pure protection market study – PwC
Advisers properly understanding their cost to serve customers is going to be fundamental coming out of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) pure protection market study. Kicking off Health & Protection's Protection Forum...
Read moreProtection Forum: Value added benefits can give £50,000 in value and are key to client retention – Toms
Value added benefits (VAB) provide consumers significant financial value, that can potentially exceed £50,000 over 25 years if actively used, according to Mark Toms, national account manager at HSBC Life. And he...
Read moreHow to support your employees with endometriosis – Bupa
March is Endometriosis awareness month, so there is no better time to learn and spread awareness about this condition. One in 10 women and those assigned female at birth in the...
Read moreMental health support tops list of expected employee demands – Towergate
Mental health support tops the list of expected employee demands for 2025, according to research released today by Towergate Employee Benefits. Nearly a third (31%) of employers surveyed said they believe there...
Read moreProtection is by far most common adviser service – Lang Cat
Protection insurance is by the far most common service offered by advisers, according to the Lang Cat’s seventh annual State of the Advice Nation (SOTAN) report. The report shows that protection is...
Read moreCould FCA pure protection market review ban commissions entirely? – analysis
The protection insurance sector is currently on tenterhooks awaiting the findings of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) review into the pure protection market. For some industry commentators the review is "long overdue"...
Read moreEmployers and employees divided on benefits impact – Unum UK
A significant gap exists in perceptions around health and wellbeing between employers and employees, according to research from specialist employee benefits provider, Unum UK. The largest gap was in the perception of...
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