Individual Protection

British men are almost twice as likely as women to avoid seeking medical help when experiencing a serious health symptom, research finds.

According to a recent poll from EDM Group, one-third of people claim to have switched insurers in the past two years because of poor service. In your view, how can insurers improve customer service?

Zurich has increased its financial evidence limits for customers applying for life and critical illness insurance.

Personal finance education will be part of the national curriculum in secondary schools from September 2014. Should protection insurance be part of the discussion, and do you think this would help spread awareness by talking to younger people?

Zurich has enhanced its Whole of Life proposition by providing advisers with access to online quotes and applications.

British families are enjoying record incomes and falling expenditure yet are still not protecting their incomes, according to Aviva's latest Family Finances Report.

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has announced it is now offering directly authorised firms access to its limited life and protection panel.

National Counties Building Society has launched the UK's first ever mortgage waiver product, giving borrowers built-in protection from unemployment.

F&TRC has added Mortgage Protection for Life and Critical Illness Cover to its Quality Analyser for Protection comparison service.

The government is committed to developing alternative protection products but, as debt spirals, how far away are we? Paul Walsh investigates.