Income Protection

LV= has warned that the highest number of house-buyers in seven years means that many people will be depleting their savings and may be in need of income protection.

A police officer who was paralysed in a motorbike accident at the beginning of a holiday has been announced as the next beneficiary of the Seven Families campaign.

British Friendly paid 96% of the 5000 income protection claims received over the past five years, newly released figures have revealed.

Exeter Family Friendly has added three benefits to its income protection plans - a GP helpline, private prescription service and automatic medical evidence limits.

Consumers believe their savings would be more useful to them if they were off work for more than six months than income protection, research has found.

A quarter (25%) of the UK workforce have taken out pet insurance yet only 7% are protecting their income with self-employed people being particularly vulnerable to financial risks, research has found.

LifeSearch has guaranteed its advisers will only recommend ‘own occupation' income protection in a bid to ensure customers will receive a payout if they cannot do their own job as a result of illness.

Pink has set new standards so every adviser in its network is to discuss income protection with their clients from their very first mortgage meeting.

Vitality has been announced as the ‘Official Wellness Partner' of England Rugby, Scottish Rugby and the Welsh Rugby Union.

Cirencester Friendly paid £3.3m in sick pay benefit for its income protection customers in 2014, with 94% of eligible claims paid.