A third (35%) of British families have no financial safety net in place at all to cope with a sudden loss of income; Legal & General research has revealed.

Aviva said it ‘wholeheartedly' supports a Parliamentary bill motioned for paid parental bereavement leave to become a statutory entitlement.

The National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has not achieved value for money in implementing Universal Credit and has suffered a series of setbacks as a result.

Group income protection (GIP) hasn't seen a rush as a result of auto-enrolment as yet, but with insurers continually innovating, it could soon be on everyone's radar. Fiona Murphy finds out how the market has performed over the past year and asks about...

A group of MPs will next year evaluate the impact of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) - with a particular focus on the ban on commission - in what represents the first independent, external probe into the RDR's influence.

F&TRC has launched a new claims statistics tool for advisers to encourage greater industry transparency and tackle client fears that claims do not pay out.

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have announced their intention to launch enhanced income protection (IP) products by the end of October 2013.

Europe's insurers spent as much as €9bn keeping pace with a barrage of regulatory changes imposed on the industry in the years following the financial crisis, according to a report by Deloitte.

Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) was ‘caught in the crossfire' of the PPI scandal. With the market contracting to a handful of providers, Fiona Murphy asks, does MPPI still have a place for consumers?

A quarter of Brits are relying on inheritance to fund their retirement yet do not realise that one million homes have been sold to pay for care fees in recent years, NFU Mutual has warned.