Individual Protection

APRIL UK has appointed Daren Kittle to the newly created role of commercial director.

Willis Towers Watson has developed the first widely-available mortality model to use medical science and the views of medical experts to improve predictiveness.

AIG Life's CEO Adam Winslow says the protection industry needs to look more closely at ageing customers.

A committee of MPs has recommended that benefits for bereaved people are in need of "serious reform" to reverse the rising trend of funeral poverty.

Following recent stories of declined claims in the Mail on Sunday, Kevin Carr uses lessons from Britpop to argue why insurers should pay out rather than say a claim does not 'meet the definition.'

Customer data from LifeSearch has warned that many policyholders are not claiming on their protection policies despite having a legitimate reason to claim.

The Exeter has revealed that it paid 94% of income protection claims in 2015.

A 38-year-old woman who falsely claimed her mother suffered a series of strokes in order to pocket almost £30,000 in income protection payments has been jailed for 16 months.

Network Openwork tripled the number of protection policies recommended to clients last year after increasing its adviser capacity.

Holloway Friendly has teamed up with Synaptic Software to provide its income protection policies through their online portal.