Income Protection
British Friendly launches lump sum return-to-work IP benefit
Recovery Support Benefit paid to members as part of income protection Mutual Benefits programme
Swiss Re Term & Health Watch: Sales up 11.6% in 2017
Overall increase of 21.1% for critical illness - highest level of growth since 2012
Cirencester Friendly pays 94.7% of claims
Norman Broadbent Group appointed to recruit finance director and operations director
AIG Life: Income protection and CIC for cancer survivors
Coverage under YourLife Income Protection and Critical Illness Cover policies available for cancer survivors
Steve Bryan: Beyond the Defaqto stats
What do lower provider numbers and fewer products really mean for income protection and advisers?
Justin Harper: The mental strain of financial health
LV='s Justin Harper waxes lyrical about the virtues of income protection as a financial safety net for those facing mental health problems
The Exeter offers IP cover for type 2 diabetes
Changes to income protection underwriting compliments Managed Life offering
The great IP vs mental health impasse
With Mental Health Awareness Week upon us, Suzanne Clarkson explores what the individual IP market can learn from their group counterparts when it comes to supporting people with mental health issues...
Holloway Friendly launches income protection plan discounts
10% or 20% premium discounts to Short Term Income Protection and Purely Income Protection Plans where there are exclusions
Mortgage protection sales rising amid 2.3% drop in lending
Protection must "widen its proposition to meet needs of renters", says Swiss Re's Ron Wheatcroft
Mutuals pay 93.7% of income protection claims in 2017
Data from nine members of AFM indicates "higher than the industry average" stats from mutual insurers
Johnny Timpson: For better or worse, richer or poorer
Johnny Timpson holds forth on bereavement benefits, cohabiting inequalities and the upcoming Supreme Court case in Belfast
IRESS data shows 20.5% protection sales increase
The Exchange indicates 'record-breaking quarter' for critical illness, life, income protection and multi benefit products for first three months of 2018
Zurich pays out 97% of 2017 protection claims
Paid life claims reached 99% and mental health most common reason for IP pay-out
Prime minister declares £75m for prostate cancer research
The biggest UK government investment yet for this type of cancer
LV='s 'Wake Up To IP' tour set to return to UK
CPD-accredited income protection series of breakfast meetings for advisers announced for April to May
Legal & General paid 98% of life claims in 2017
The firm dished out a total of £636m across life, CIC, terminal illness and income protection
Industry reaction: Income protection plans on the decline?
Recent Defaqto figures show a 13% fall in IP plans available on the market, but does this mean the cover available is decreasing in quality?
Aegon UK: 24% of life claims paid out early for terminal illness in 2017
Firm pays 98% of life and 94% of CIC claims
13% decrease in IP plans since 2013
Income protection decline leaving customers at risk of limited payment policies
IPTF: Neil McCarthy joins executive committee
Appointed to help promote and improve income protection
The Exeter paid 91% of income protection claims in 2017
Mental health-related claims, up 2%, were the 5th most common
Penrith Building Society and PG Mutual launch 'Income Protection Plus'
A policy to cover individuals unable to work due to illness, accident or injury
Cirencester Friendly pays 94.7% of claims
Cirencester Friendly has paid 94.7% of income protection claims submitted in 2017, totalling £4.4m in sick pay benefit.
