Income Protection

Educating consumers on the importance of income protection is a job for government and industry-led campaigns, advisers have said.

Income protection sales have not been benefiting from the potential business opportunity created by the Gender Directive, British Friendly has said.

LV= has added benefits to its income protection (IP) offering for medics so they have a relevant level of cover.

LV= has launched an online calculator for advisers to work out potential commission loss in the run up to G-Day.

Aviva is "nervous" at the idea that age could be removed from protection pricing with the incoming Equal Treatment Directive.

Legal and General has been challenging employers to do more about mental health in the workplace following a visit from Labour party leader Ed Miliband.

Exeter Family Friendly has made its income protection available through Capita Financial Software's adviser portal Webline.

Skandia has announced its gender-neutral pipeline plans including the launch of tele-underwriting.

Jobseekers could face losing benefits for three years under revised and tougher rules introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today.‪

Some of the categories were very tight for this year's COVER awards. Others were new entrants to some categories; particularly notable in the healthcare sector.