Income Protection

LV= is launching a new YouTube campaign ‘Near Misses' highlighting the provider's Sick Pay Insurance.

Unemployed people looking for work were almost twice as likely as those in employment to have a limiting long-standing illness or disability, the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

LV= has revealed a 9% fall in its protection business in its results for the year to 31 December 2013.

Atos Healthcare has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Department for Work and Pensions to allow it to exit from the Work Capability Assessment contract early.

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has said its 'Family Support Initiative' is ‘progressing extremely well' with a launch meeting for stakeholders set for May.

Income protection provider British Friendly has confirmed it will continue to guarantee its existing rate tables across all products until January 2017, for both new and existing customers.

LV= has announced changes to its income protection (IP) policies including a move to 100%‘own occupation' underwriting and improvements to cover for homemakers.

The length of time sick or disabled people are having to wait to find out if they are eligible for benefits is unacceptable, a Work and Pensions Committee report has concluded.

Zurich UK Life's chief executive has written to Chancellor George Osborne ahead of the Budget calling for tax rebates to boost income protection (IP) take-up.

Aegon UK has revealed it paid just over 93% of income protection claims received, an increase of 10% on the previous year (83%).