Individual Protection
Advisers want 'greater personalisation' of protection products
Advisers have identified medical conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure and key lifestyle changes as the areas where they would like to see personalised protection products, Ipipeline has found.
Analysis: Intermediaries criticise early details of ABI CI Statement of Best Practice
Industry figures have said that the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Statement of Best Practice for Critical lllness Cover consultation has not yet involved intermediaries in a meaningful way as media reports have indicated that proposals currently...
IRESS updates quote results facility
Following clients' feedback on The Exchange protection service about how it displays quote results, IRESS has introduced a new filtering ability so advisers are able to view the results they need more effectively.
Critical illness cover? Let's kill it off
Ian Sawyer, managing director of Assured Futures, puts forward some controversial views on the relevance of critical illness cover compared to income protection.
Aviva advances life cover payments for funeral costs to £11k
Aviva is advancing life cover payments to help families meet funeral costs by increasing the amount it can pay in advance to £11,000.
Allianz buys stake in LV= bolstering capital reserves
Allianz Group and LV= have launched a strategic partnership in the UK, creating a general insurance business with over 6 million customers and gross premiums written in excess of £1.7 billion.
Protection claims for skin cancer have fallen - Aegon
Aegon has reported that critical illness claims due to skin cancer have nearly halved since 2010.
20th anniversary: What have we learnt from the past 20 years in the Protection Market?
The protection market has seen a lot of changes and heard a number of opinions, but what have we learnt? Scottish Widows' Johnny Timpson shares his thoughts on a few important things we've learnt over the past two decades.
Paradigm Protect partners with Golden Charter
Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has announced a new relationship with funeral plan provider, Golden Charter.
Refer and earn service for Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney
The Right Will and Estate Planning Ltd has launched a referral service for advisers to offer their clients Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney.
20th anniversary Q&A: Andy Walton on the art of selling protection
Andy Walton, Protection Proposition Director, Mortgage Advice Bureau talks to Fiona Murphy about the 'art of selling protection' and other observations on the protection market.
SimplyBiz signs Future Proof as a protection referral partner
The SimplyBiz Group will be working with adviser firm Future Proof as a protection referral partner.
Aegon says back office improvements will save advisers around 'five days of waiting'
Aegon has said it will save advisers and their customers about 'five days of waiting' following improvements made to its back-office systems and underwriting processes.
Aviva agrees protection partnership with Countrywide
Aviva has secured an exclusive five-year distribution agreement with Countrywide plc to provide its mortgage and rental customers with protection insurance.
IHT receipts grow to £4.9bn in 2016/17
Up 4% year-on-year
Drewberry introduces first relevant life comparison site
Drewberry Insurance has launched the UK's first online comparison service for relevant life insurance.
People living with HIV still struggle to access insurance
People living with HIV continue to face barriers to accessing both protection and general insurance, despite improvements in availability over the past decade, a major new report from NAT (National AIDS Trust) has warned.
Protection claims: perception vs. reality
Old Mutual Wealth's Paul Roberts discusses protection claims.
Zurich partners with digital mortgage broker Habito
Zurich has partnered with digital mortgage broker Habito, providing life and critical illness protection products for the start-up's customers.
COVER Excellence Awards 2017: Intermediary shortlist revealed
COVER Magazine has revealed the intermediary shortlists for the COVER Excellence Awards 2017 which will be held on Wednesday 4th October 2017 at the Hilton London Bankside.
Health Claims Forum: What happened at The Claims Apprentice
The Health Claims Forum's latest event saw insurance professionals compete to design a new protection product.
British Friendly signs up to PDG's 'Funeral Payment Pledge'
British Friendly has signed up to the Protection Distributor Group's (PDG) funeral payment pledge and paid its first claim under the benefit.
Are we witnessing an Income Protection (IP) Renaissance?
Peter Bayliss, Product Director for Synaptic Software, discusses if this is the case and what it means for the industry.
Does the protection industry seriously want to engage the public?
The history of awareness campaigns in the protection industry is not a long or distinguished one; says Peter Le Beau.
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