Income Protection

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.

Mike Farrell outlines the ‘seismic shift' in attitudes towards renting and explains how insurers should evolve to meet renters' needs

Back-to-work schemes run by the Work Programme and Jobcentre plus are ineffective for those with mental health problems and an alternative is needed, the charity Mind has said.

The average worker's income drops by £430 a week if they are only provided with statutory sick pay by their employer, research from LV= has found.

The government has announced pilot schemes to get more disabled people and people with long term medical conditions into employment.

Declan Dunne, a surgical registrar from Liverpool, took out income protection after seeing a junior doctor develop MS and suffer a severe decrease in lifestyle.

Seven Families has announced that the Pickfords, whose main breadwinner Paul Pickford was unable to work after suffering a stroke, is the third family for its campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of income protection.