Income Protection

UK mortgage holders are still putting their financial wellbeing at risk by not having adequate cover in place to protect them if they were too ill to work for more than three months.

Zurich has launched a flexible group income protection proposition aimed at employers with at least 250 employees.

The government should make sickness absence policies ‘more flexible' to allow employees with fluctuating health conditions to pre-emptively arrange part-time sick leave, a report has urged.

London & Country has reported a 3% increase in income protection (IP) sales - partly attributed to greater awareness and adviser conversations following the Seven Families campaign.

Steve Webb remains "open minded but sceptical" about private income protection insurers becoming involved in the state welfare system.

What can advisers expect from the change in management at LV=? New managing director of protection Myles Rix gives his first interview to Fiona Murphy

British Friendly is the first insurer to publish its claims statistics for 2014 showing that it paid 96.7% of income protection (IP) claims.

Tracey Clarke, who was unable to work after losing most of her sight, tells COVER how the Seven Families campaign has changed her life so far.

"Champions" for older workers to support them returning to work if they're unemployed has been announced by the Department for Work and Pensions.

LV= has announced it will host nine seminars for advisers on how to boost income protection sales, around the UK.