Income Protection

F&TRC's Kirsty Tanner asks whether advisers should be doing more to ensure the value and quality of supplementary benefits in income protection (IP.)

My client wants to take out a life policy, but is worried they might have missed out some GP appointments over the past five years in their application. Will this affect them getting cover, and how do I reassure them?

Myles Rix, managing director of protection at LV=, gives his views on how the industry can make IP more attractive in the eyes of the consumer.

F&TRC'S Jason Green argues the case for re-evaluating the use of Employee Assistance Programmes in financial wellbeing.

Jason Green says auto-enrolment has distracted us for long enough and calls for a refocusing on group protection.

The word protection has ‘toxic' connotations due to consumers wrongly associating products with the PPI scandal, according to the chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Insurance and Financial services.

Canada Life's Paul Avis discusses the potential for growth in the group risk market with Fiona Murphy.

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.

RedArc has announced its support services will be provided for those families who are taking part in the Seven Families initiative.

Legal & General (L&G) has said take-up rates for Healthy Living and Workplace Rewards - part of its Worklife Solutions package of group income protection (GIP) were ‘very low' and are being withdrawn.