Income Protection

The environment income protection is sold into is changing fast. Lee Lovett sees promising signs this could be the start of the time when IP cover comes of age

Legal and General has reported half of group income protection queries have been about retirement age implications for benefits.

Unum has created a video to help employers understand the value of income protection to their business.

Unum has created a video to help employers understand the value of Income Protection to their business.

UK businesses have been spending £620,000 every year on long-term employee sick leave, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has found.

British businesses appear split down the middle on their knowledge of group income protection, research finds.

Friends Life has increased the commission advisers receive on its income protection policies by approximately 15% in a bid to bring it into line with commission received on critical illness and life products.

Three-quarters of employees suffering with stress related problems are able to return to work within six months, according to Legal & General data.

Too many employers are not offering income protection to their employees and their families according to research from Jelf Employee Benefits.

PruProtect has called for a discussion on how to treat those who do not naturally fit into own occupation underwriting for income protection.