Income Protection

Tom Conner makes the case why advisers should prioritise income protection.

Exeter Family Friendly has launched an online tool to help advisers grow their sales of income protection (IP).

Britons are twice as likely to hold pet insurance than a critical illness policy, despite family and health issues being top concerns, research finds.

Legal & General has become the preferred provider for Income Protection for Nationwide Building Society.

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.