Income Protection

Friends Provident has voiced concerns that EU rules on long-term sick leave could impact on IP product design, as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) notes the ruling is dissuading small businesses employing new staff.

The Government's new ‘fit note' which is launched today can benefit employers and their staff, says Water Wellpoint.

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is addressing long term disability and the new Employment Support Allowance (ESA) with a series of nationwide adviser seminars.

Incapacity Benefit (IB) will be abolished this year with all claimants facing reassessment as part of the Government's continued crackdown on the benefits system.

Advisers should not fear tele-interviewing, but providers need to do more to integrate them in its implementation, says Scor.

LV= paid 90% of claims across both critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) last year.

Aegon has launched a six month physiotherapy pilot for income protection and waiver of premium customers who suffer from a musculo-skeletal condition.

Cirencester Friendly has announced that 94% of its income protection (IP) claims were paid last year.

Susan Barclay, head of marketing at Scottish Provident, explains why it can be advantageous to divide a client's protection outlay between different products and how the task can be greatly facilitated by using menu-based format .

Job Centre staff have expressed "grave concerns" at the "unexpectedly severe" health of some people put into work-related activity as part of claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), a new report has revealed.