Individual Protection

F&TRC has launched a product ratings service to help advisers and employers understand which providers are offering the most suitable and comprehensive protection recommendations for their clients.

Mark Myers says that small is beautiful when it comes to some of the smaller insurers' approaches to transparency.

The protection industry must be ready for the demands made on it because of welfare changes Gary Shaughnessy, CEO UK Life at Zurich has warned.

Payingtoomuch's managing director Michael Ward has identified key failings in the protection industry - stating that the value chain is ‘all wrong'.

Employers should encourage staff to take more responsibility for their health and wellbeing to ensure they are fit to enjoy retirement, and able to work for as long as they like, writes AXA PPP's Nick Jeal.

Legal & General (L&G) are offering a Second Medical Opinion service as standard on all new policies, with the service managed by Healix Health Services.

Alan Lakey discusses why advisers should pay closer attention to the differences in children's cover offered by insurers

UnderwriteMe has launched its system at an event in London, with its Martin Werth, CEO of UnderwriteMe saying it would 'address the protection famine'.

CEGA, the medical assistance and claims handler, is to be bought out by management, led by Alistair Hardie, group chief executive of CEGA.

Those aged 55-64 are most likely to believe life insurance is unimportant, with one in four thinking so, a survey for SoSmart Money has found.