UK mortgage holders are still putting their financial wellbeing at risk by not having adequate cover in place to protect them if they were too ill to work for more than three months.

Zurich has launched a flexible group income protection proposition aimed at employers with at least 250 employees.

The ABI, Aegon and Partnership have responded to the care minister's plea for the insurance industry to offer more to people in terms of long-term care (LTC) products.

Unum's Andrew Potterton discusses the impact for SMEs following last year's changes to Statutory Sick Pay and how intermediaries can help manage the fallout of rising sickness absence costs.

Two-thirds of employers with dental plans said they still prefer the reimbursement claims process for treatment costs, research has found.

Munich Re's Mike Bolshaw discusses the issues around suicide exclusions built into life insurance policies.

Private Medical Insurance (PMI) publishers Craigdallie Publishing has published its 2015 edition of the annual PMI Handbook for professional advisers seeking information on the different plans available in the UK market.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has today announced new policy directors, with the appointment of Dr Yvonne Braun as director, long term savings policy and James Dalton as director, general insurance policy.

Zurich has announced that it paid over 91% of its critical illness claims in 2014 to 750 customers with payments amounting to over £63.1 million.

The government should make sickness absence policies ‘more flexible' to allow employees with fluctuating health conditions to pre-emptively arrange part-time sick leave, a report has urged.