Legal & General has partnered with Unbiased.co.uk to form a campaign to tackle the UK's business protection gap with the help of advisers.
Ageas Protect has launched a business protection product range that aims to cater for all business sizes.
Businesses are struggling with debt structure and day-to-day cash flow management, yet the amount of businesses underinsured has grown, Legal and General has reported.
Aviva is to stop offering direct investment and protection advice for its customers from 31 May.
Industry experts are calling for the formation of a specialist trade body to fill the need in the protection industry for a unified voice.
It is no secret that protection is on the minds of most - if not all - existing retail investment platforms. And the first to come to the fore was Nucleus, with its new investment-linked life assurance proposition.
FCA removal of commission on protection products would be a "complete disaster" but could happen, adviser network Tenet has warned.
Adviser network Pink has launched a business protection club as the next stage in its adviser protection development programme.
Economic uncertainty has sparked an increase in people setting up small businesses, advisers have said.