Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley struggled today to answer calls from the Treasury Select committee (TSC) for clarity around advised and non-advised online sales.

Two thirds of consumers said they would ‘rely' on family support, savings, or investments; not protection insurance, if they were diagnosed with cancer and unable to work.

PruProtect will be launching a consumer protection campaign to increase awareness of the need for protection insurance and its proposition.

Unum says insurers and brokers should embrace social media to 'stay successful in the digital age'.

More than half of consumers who have bought protection insurance (53%) have 'never reviewed' their protection needs, the latest Aviva research has found.

One in 3 women diagnosed with breast cancer in England each year are aged 70 or over, a Public Health England campaign has warned.

CIExpert has upgraded its functionality and added a number of enhancements to make it easier for advisers to compare Critical Illness (CI) policies.

Friends Life has raised £140,000 for the Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre which will go towards initiatives including a welfare benefits advice service.

LV= has seen a slight decrease in its protection business over the last year but says sales have been 'resilient' amid ‘adverse market conditions'.

Canada Life Group Insurance has expanded its Group Income Protection (GIP) Early Intervention Service (EIS) to cover over 320,000 additional employees.