Income Protection

Start up income protection provider, British Friendly, has announced its new business figures for its first six months of trading.

Fewer appeals against Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) decisions are being found in the claimants favour, according to government statistics.

Fewer claimants are being found eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) despite government claims that the benefits system is providing greater protection for disabled people.

Cancer patients already severely struggling with financial difficulties because of their illness could be hit with "catastrophic" effects if welfare reform proceeds, MacMillan Cancer Support has warned.

Friends Life has completed its full launch with the unveiling of its individual protection proposition for IFAs.

Disability charities are horrified at government plans to cut employment and support allowance (ESA) during appeals.

Protection and health insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) leapt sharply in the second three months of the year.

I write with regret that the income protection (IP) quality standard (QS) has been abandoned.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reportedly pushing for GPs to be required to encourage patients with long term medical conditions to go back to work.

Aviva has bowed to public pressure and toned down its Downtown Abbey motorcycle crash victim ads.