Individual Protection

LV='s protection sales have increased by £24m compared to the same time last year, the insurer's Q3 2014 trading statement has shown.

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced it is heading back to Belfast for its next mortgage and protection roundtable event.

Legal & General (L&G) has announced it will offer £10,000 worth of free life cover to new parents.

Younger women are still not financially protecting themselves against breast cancer, the most common cancer in the UK, Friends Life has warned.

The health insurance and protection comparison site ActiveQuote has been declared the 6th fastest growing company in Wales, and fastest in Cardiff.

iPipeline has announced that critical illness (CI) is now available via its new indicative underwriting decision tool - XRAE, which is available to all Assureweb portal users.

PayingTooMuch has included Aegon UK's Whole of Life insurance product into its insurance comparison service.

Consumer group Angry Policyholders has voiced its support for the Seven Families initiative.

There is increasing pressure for the government to reform the welfare system with a key role for income protection (IP) in helping families develop a safety net, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

Longevity is likely to continue to increase at a slower rate as new gains become harder to achieve, a report said.