Individual Protection

FirstAssist Insurance Services has launched two new insurance products, Surgery Cash Plan and Simple Critical Illness.

Friends Life will offer customers the option to benefit from free Fracture Cover on new Critical Illness and Critical Illness with Life Cover Protect+ policies.

The protection market must "embrace change" and be open to technological advances or risk dying out, delegates at The Protection Review conference heard.

Insurers must develop simple processes to engage advisers and the mass market, delegates at The Protection Review conference heard.

Life insurance take-up has increased among single-parent families over the past year, according to research.

CIExpert has analysed recent changes to Aviva's critical illness (CI) plan and said it has highlighted how complex policies are becoming.

The number of short-term income protection (STIP) policies has increased by 120% since 2009, 'outstripping' long-term income protection (IP) sales, research has found.

Over two-thirds of 18-34 year olds are worried they would be unable to maintain their standard of living should they lose their job, yet most are 'unware' of protection insurance.

Aviva has revamped its critical illness (CI) cover for new customers with changes including the addition of three new conditions and improvements to its heart attack definition.

Protection insurance sales have hit a nine-month high due to increased mortgage lending, according to LifeQuote.