Income Protection

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it has selected MAXIMUS to replace Atos Healthcare as the provider of health related assessments including Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) for people off work through illness, disability or injury....

Cirencester Friendly's new income protection contract, My Earnings Insurance, has been added to financial intermediary portal, IRESS' The Exchange.

British Friendly has become the latest company to join the Protect Association.

LV='s protection sales have increased by £24m compared to the same time last year, the insurer's Q3 2014 trading statement has shown.

Younger women are still not financially protecting themselves against breast cancer, the most common cancer in the UK, Friends Life has warned.

Consumer group Angry Policyholders has voiced its support for the Seven Families initiative.

There is increasing pressure for the government to reform the welfare system with a key role for income protection (IP) in helping families develop a safety net, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

The Money Advice Service has announced that it is supporting the Seven Families campaign.

Why should advisers work more closely with insurers? Roy McLoughlin puts his case forward after joining British Friendly as a non-exec director.

Unum has urged the government to improve take-up of income protection (IP) through four key steps including channels such as the Money Advice Service (MAS) raising awareness of sickness absence.