Individual Protection

With the front page of this month's Cover magazine and numerous additional thought pieces throughout, Kevin Carr says the non-payment of CI claims has again become the industry's big talking point.

Legal & General paid £542 in protection claim to customers during 2015, representing a £22 million increase on 2014.

Aegon UK has launched a new digital document service to speed up protection applications for advisers and their clients.

The number of people who have died without making a will has more than doubled in the last five years, according to Citizens Advice.

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced that it will be paying commissions on a weekly basis.

Ten of the leading intermediary firms in the UK are joining forces to improve the protection market for consumers.

Almost 5 million renters in the UK have no plans in place to cover their rent if they became too ill to earn for three months or more, even though recent cuts to housing benefits could leave them at risk.

MetLife has launched a MultiProtect accident and hospital cover solution.

The Exeter has launched a new health and wellbeing service in partnership with leading workplace benefits provider, Health Assured.

LV='s Justin Harper highlights that it is currently Mental Health Awareness Week and discusses the value of income protection for mental health claimants.