Individual Protection

Legal and General's gross protection premiums have risen by 5%, according to the insurer's preliminary results for 2013.

Quitting smoking could cause 'impressive savings' on combined critical illness cover (CIC) and single life cover, Moneysupermarket has said.

Aegon UK has today published claims data which shows an increase in the value of life protection and critical illness (CI) claims paid in 2013.

iPipeline has launched a new ‘Email My Quote' service via its Assureweb portal enabling advisers to keep records of protection quotes via their inbox.

Critical illness sales are doing well. But Ian Jefferies outlines concerns over the product's development and offers a partial solution.

Kidney cancer rates have 'soared' by 30% over the past decade, according to research.

Customers must be made aware of the need for protection policies as the mortgage market has begun to show significant signs of recovery, Friends Life has said.

The average number of days lost to sickness absence has fallen by almost 40% since 1993, dropping from an average of 7.2 days per worker to 4.4 days in 2013.

The NHS has admitted that "greater scrutiny" should have been applied after it was revealed that the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries paid for medical records to produce a report on pricing .

Aviva has launched a specialist protection team to offer a tailored service for protection cases with high levels of cover and large premiums.