Income Protection

The challenge for protection insurers in today's market is to adapt their approach so products are "bought, not sold", a report by Swiss Re concludes.

A think tank has called for a quality mark to create minimum standards for Income Protection (IP) as its research revealed cancer costs families the same as 'an average mortgage.'

The Family Support Initiative, recently been announced by the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF), has stimulated great initial interest and support according to Peter Le Beau, the Chairman of IPTF.

Zurich is calling for a greater debate on how to encourage people to consider income protection (IP) and hopes to kick-start this through research into improving coverage incentives.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it is to delay the roll-out of the controversial new benefit, Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to disabled people.

The average Brit spends almost a year (360 days) off sick throughout their working life, according to LV= research.

Levels of personal wellbeing are strongly correlated to regional employment rates, findings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

Aviva is to underwrite all individual income protection (IP) policies on an own occupation basis, including part-time occupations.

One of the largest NHS contractors for pain management is to target the private health insurance (PMI) and protection sectors in the new year.

Bright Grey has launched a new income protection (IP) product which will offer the majority of customers an own occupation definition.