Individual Protection

Self-funding, or private-pay, care home residents are keeping the sector afloat according to the latest figures from healthcare market intelligence provider LaingBuisson.

Nearly one in three people who don't have protection insurance have said they believe the products are too expensive, according to a study from Royal London.

LV= has made improvements to its income protection proposition which the insurer says 'will increase access for consumers and cover even more eventualities.'

Royal London's Shelley Walker reflects on Christmas spending and how your clients would be coping at this time if they didn't have regular earnings.

UnderwriteMe has appointed Warren Copp as non-executive Chair, subject to regulatory approval.

Mortgage Intelligence network has announced a protection proposition, available to both Appointed Representatives and Directly Authorised members of their club Next Intelligence.

Could Google or Virtual Reality bring out protection solutions? Roger Edwards discusses the future of technology and how disruption could take shape in the protection industry.

Nearly half (46%) of those surveyed said they would never take out life insurance as part of their estate planning, and almost three quarters (72%) said they didn't see a need to use life insurance at all according to research by Canada Life.

Mark Myers, British Friendly's outgoing CEO, has joined Direct Life as a non-exec director.

Cirencester Friendly has paid 94.7% of claims in 2016, an increase on last year's figure of 94%.