Income Protection

Troubled workplace capability assessment (WCA) supplier Atos Healthcare has warned MPs it did not think its successor would fare any better unless there were real changes.

Employers with policies insured with income protection specialist Unum will now have access to Mental Health First Aid courses for their staff.

LV= has launched an income protection policy ‘Personal Sick Pay' widening eligibility to occupations that have previously been more expensive to insure.

With millions behind on their household bills, PG Mutual is warning UK bill payers to consider how they would cope if they were to lose their income due to illness or injury.

British Friendly has launched a quote app for its range of Income Protection products.

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has launched ‘Seven Families', an industry initiative aiming to show income protection (IP) and its benefits at work to the wider public.

Legal & General has launched an Income Protection Benefit (IPB) product including an income guarantee and the removal of state benefits being deducted from monthly benefit payments.

Protection sales have bounced back during 2014 with income protection and independent advice leading the way. Gen Re's Jules Constantinou explains.

Following Treasury Select Committee member Andrew Love, calling for Government action on an increasing protection gap in the mortgage sector, protection provider British Money has begun lobbying for an auto-enrolment solution.

Income Protection (IP) ‘holds the key to keeping on top of the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), Cirencester Friendly has said.