Individual Protection

The new bereavement support payment (BSP) will be be tax-free with a higher immediate payment, the draft Finance Bill clauses released by parliament have revealed.

Ross Campbell writes about the challenges posed by increased diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer and the potential implications for critical illness (CI) policies.

The number of registered deaths in the UK in 2013 was 576,458, down 13% from the number in 1983, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures for 2013 have revealed.

The average worker's income drops by £430 a week if they are only provided with statutory sick pay by their employer, research from LV= has found.

Richard Walsh assesses what the Simple Product framework may bring.

The Protection Review has announced its first expansion beyond the protection arena with the launch of the Retirement Review.

Ageas Protect has said it will launch a whole of life policy with a long-term care component in 2015.

The SimplyBiz Group is running a second protection awareness Week in partnership with Friends Life, Zurich, Vitality Life and Bright Grey.

The issue of personal debts from funeral costs is to be debated in parliament as an MP has warned that support for low earners funding loved one's funerals requires a 'complete overhaul.'

IFA Compliance has announced that it will now make CIExpert available to all adviser firms who are customers.