Individual Protection

LV= has revealed that two-thirds of female cancer claims relate to breast cancer ahead of October's Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Openwork has chosen iPipeline's indicative underwriting tool XRAE to ‘improve and accelerate' its advice model.

Employers do not have to give fixed-term employees the same insurance coverage as permanent staff.

L&G has launched a new online body tool to help consumers understand critical illness (CI) definitions alongside its latest changes to definitions.

CIExpert gives its verdict on Legal & General as the latest insurer to upgrade its (CI) critical illness proposition, 17 months after its last set of improvements.

Legal & General has announced it is the first insurer to adopt software which will cut the waiting times for GPs' insurance reports.

Variations in cancer diagnosis rates between the best and worst performing health groups in the NHS mean many patients face lower survival rates and higher treatment costs.

Allianz Worldwide Care has launched a new product range to offer life and disability cover alongside its existing international health offering.

Aviva is said to be returning to direct protection sales with the launch of a face-to-face protection advice service expected within the next year.

The total premiums earned from life assurance premiums and income protection has risen by over £100millionin the second quarter of 2014, according to ONS figures.