Income Protection

As part of changes to its income protection, Friends Life has announced a family carer benefit.

Legal & General (L&G) has responded to the call from the ABI for protection to have a greater role in reducing the state's welfare burden.

Protection insurance is a viable way of cutting the government's cost of welfare, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

The Seven Families campaign has announced the second family to benefit from the scheme, the Pinders.

Sickness, both long-term and temporary, was the main reason given for not working by people aged 16-64 years living in workless households across the UK, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has found.

The launch of the Seven Families campaign has been welcomed by Unum.

The Policy Exchange has released a radical report arguing for a new welfare system based on contributions rather than means testing called Making Contributions Count, writes Richard Walsh.

The Seven Families campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the financial impact of long term illness and disability, has launched.

Aegon has become the latest provider to pledge support to the Seven Families campaign.

Its time to innovate and excite in the income protection space says Total Systems's Louise Cuming.