Income Protection

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.

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