Income Protection

Cancer patients could be at risk of losing their homes if proposed government cuts to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) go ahead, according to research commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support.

British Friendly has announced that it paid 97.8% of Income Protection claims in 2015, becoming the first insurer to publish their claims statistics for the whole of last year.

Unite members at Legal & General's flagship site in Kingswood, Surrey have voted in favour of industrial action to save over 1,500 jobs.

First Complete's Toni Smith explains why her New Year's wish is to narrow the protection gap and how the industry can look at ways of achieving this.

Here is the top ten in COVER magazine's countdown of the most read protection, healthcare and employee benefits stories during 2015.

The value of rehabilitation support provided via income protection policies is around £110m per year, according to a study commissioned by Zurich.

The chief executive of Zurich's UK Life division, Gary Shaughnessy, has been promoted to head the division globally.

Cirencester Friendly has established the Cirencester Friendly Society - 125 Foundation; supporting community activities nominated by members and affiliated advisers.

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of ex- Pink director Mark Graves as sales director.

Gen Re shares the results of its Protection Pulse for the half year 2015, revealing a freefall in restricted advice sales but a pick-up in income protection (IP.)