Income Protection

The Best Doctors service has been increased for Bupa Individual Protection income protection and critical illness plans.

Half of private medical and dental insurance complaints received by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have been upheld in the first quarter of the year.

Protection provider Unum is announcing changes to its individual income protection (IP) offering, increasing options.

My client Dave has very little disposable income. He is employed, but having seen friends made redundant through the recession, he has been spooked about his financial instability, although he has no indication that his job is at risk. He is single with...

Legal & General is offering indexation on life insurance, critical illness and income protection products on a ‘pay as you go' basis, and giving advisers an up-lift in commission of 10% LIC for introducing business with an indexation option.

Should those with exclusions in income protection policies get a discount? Joan Coverson and Chris Ball explain the complexities

My client, Sarah, is a 43-year-old office administrator and single mother whose daughter, Jane, has severe spina bifida.

The reinsurer has reported an increase in sales of new term assurance, critical illness and whole life insurance in 2009, while income protection sales fell. However, the ‘Protection Gap' has widened further.

Roy McLoughin of Master Adviser will be the keynote speaker at the next Income Protection Taskforce Roadshow.

Which? has endorsed income protection (IP) as the superior alternative to payment protection insurance (PPI).