Protection accounts should be added alongside the incoming personal accounts, an influential think tank has said.

LifeSearch has initiated a petition to start personal finance lessons in UK schools.

Following a successful pilot Pioneer has officially launched its income protection policy, Bills & Things.

A la carte healthcare has been re-named ALC health and has re-launched its website.

AXA PPP has introduced a lower cost corporate medical insurance option.

A proposal to aid low income families by speeding up life insurance payments is to be discussed by the ABI.

Education and promotion are the only ways to plug a growing £2.3trn protection gap, Friends Provident's Ed Stuart-Brown says.

Legal & General (L&G) says it is now making immediate decisions on 90% of protection applications referred to its 'little t' tele-underwriting unit.

Legal & General has amended its joint life policies to protect surviving policyholders who would have suffered due to a partner's non-disclosure.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has welcomed the announcement of FSA action and an industry-wide refund on Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) totalling £60m.