Individual Protection

LifeSearch's chief executive Tom Baigrie has urged insurers and reinsurers to continually come back to the question ‘what are you doing to engage the wider protection market?'

LifeSearch revealed an 8% increase in profits in its financial results for the year ending August 2015 at its annual awards.

The 13th annual LifeSearch awards celebrated the achievements of the protection providers as voted for by LifeSearch advisers.

Further work planned following closed book review

British Friendly is the first provider to include a death benefit for both its new and existing income protection (IP) policies, which is paid following the death of an insured policyholder.

Russell Higginbotham, global head of Life and Health Products at Swiss Re, has been appointed as the new Chair of the ABI's Protection Committee

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it will pilot the publication of general insurance ‘scorecards' on a number of products.

Lutine Assurance Services has signed an agreement with XL Catlin to write speciality life cover.

Protected.co.uk has ceased trading after a bid earlier this year was made to restructure and save the business, which had sustained heavy financial losses.

Space01's Marilyn Cole discusses ‘robo-advice' and how protection intermediaries can benefit from automation.