Individual Protection

Pink will now ask advisers wishing to join the network to provide either proof of their own income protection (IP) policy or their reasons for not having any.

The proportion of households which in the event of losing their income from sickness or unemployment would rely on income protection have fallen by a quarter to 9% in two years, according to research.

The social care needs of cancer patients are not being met with 11% of patients left constantly or often housebound due to a lack of support, a report for Macmillan has found.

The winners of the annual LifeSearch online awards have been announced with LV= winning five awards including best overall provider.

Aviva has said it expects its acquisition of rival Friends Life to generate extra revenue of £600m over the next two years, including cost savings for the company of £225m.

Legal & General has revealed that 40% of small businesses would cease trading within a year of losing a key employee or owner yet 60% do not have business protection in place.

Aegon has revealed it paid 98% of life claims, 95% of terminal illness claims, 93% of critical illness (CI) claims and 92% of income protection claims during 2014.

In the second part of a series, John Joe McGinley outlines the key steps to how advisers can develop a vision for their business.

The government has accepted a recommendation to investigate the increase in the number of sick or disabled people sent by Work Capability Assessments (WCA) to a Support Group.

SimplyBiz will be advocating the use of CIExpert by their members to enhance their protection business in a series of protection-focused events across the country.