Individual Protection

Ageas Protect's Darren Spriggs explains why wearable tech is at the top of his Christmas list.

The protection industry has responded to the ABI's best practice guidelines on critical illness definitions.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has updated its guidelines on how critical illness (CI) policies should be described and explained to consumers, in a move it hopes will ultimately lead to fewer declined claims.

The media spotlight may be on Ebola at the moment, but HIV spreads more widely due to the silent nature of its symptoms. David Jones discusses HIV and AIDs, and the implications for insurers

LV= has announced it will host nine seminars for advisers on how to boost income protection sales, around the UK.

Mike Farrell outlines the ‘seismic shift' in attitudes towards renting and explains how insurers should evolve to meet renters' needs

Scottish Widows' Johnny Timpson tells Fiona Murphy the protection sector must do more to demostrate its value and explains how the industry can fill the gaps in welfare provision

In this month's reader poll, we ask to what extend will the protection industry grow during 2015?

Unum's Tim Jackson discusses how and why protection advisers should get more involved with using social media.

Back-to-work schemes run by the Work Programme and Jobcentre plus are ineffective for those with mental health problems and an alternative is needed, the charity Mind has said.