Income Protection

Friends Life has announced new enhancements to its income protection proposition, with the main enhancement an increase in the maximum income percentage a customer can cover.

The government's implementation of Personal Independence Payments (PIP), which replaced Disability Living Allowance, has been criticised by MPs as ‘nothing short of a fiasco.'

The Income Protection Task Force has confirmed the Seven Families campaign has reached the required level of funding to proceed.

At least 4,500 cancer patients (29%) have waited six months or more to find out whether they will even be awarded their disability benefit Personal Independence Payment (PIP) after claiming, according to estimates by Macmillan Cancer Support.

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.