Income Protection

British Friendly has added Bereavement Benefits to its discretionary Mutual Benefits programme, which is core to its income protection proposition.

LV= has signed up to Synaptic's Multi-Benefit quoting service, enabling advisers to compare its multi-benefit and single benefit products and share the most suitable protection product with its clients.

Shepherds Friendly paid 97% of income protection claims during 2016.

Cirencester Friendly has released its 127th Annual Report and Accounts, which reveals 'accelerated' growth during 2016, with income, assets and Membership all increasing.

British Friendly has appointed Julie Greenwood as distribution director.

Gen Re has reported sales increases for most protection policies with income protection showing the strongest levels of growth while guaranteed whole of life plans have struggled.

British Friendly has launched an app that gives members access to the free healthcare services available through the Mutual Benefits programme.

iPipeline has integrated its SolutionBuilder quote and apply portal with 360 Dotnet's client management system, 360 Lifecycle.

Now that the dust has settled after the consultations on the Green Paper and the new single financial guidance body (SFGB) it is time to look forward to how we can make progress towards making the households of the UK resilient in the event of sickness...

The Exeter has revealed that it paid 94% of all income protection claims received during 2016 as it published claimant case studies alongside claims data for the first time.