Income Protection

A third of incapacity benefit (IB) recipients being reassessed for Employment and Support Allowance are being found too sick to work at all, according to government statistics.

Cancer sufferers awaiting chemotherapy and those between courses will now be treated the same as patients already receiving treatment when claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).

Cirencester friendly has introduced an at home nurse screening program for applicants where further medical evidence is required.

The new ESA statistics are being abused but, says Owain Thomas, they could spur IP sales.

LV= is extending its offer of a 5% discount on income protection until 14 February.

Wiltshire Friendly Society has contracted Medicals Direct to provide a big T tele interviewing service for its income protection business.

Just 7% of UK families feel financially protected while 61% have no life insurance at all, according to new research.

My client is 42 and runs a consultancy in the oil industry. As a result he has to travel extensively, including contracts in dangerous and high disease risk countries such as Algeria, Sudan and Nigeria. He has already arranged international private medical...

Cirencester friendly has called on the government to play its part in supporting simple financial products by publicising those that already exist.

Sickness benefit claimants are ‘not well prepared' for Work Capability Assessments (WCA) that decide their eligibility, an investigation has revealed.