Individual Protection

There is a rapidly growing industry in self-testing and home diagnostic kits, creating a more informed and ‘health aware' life assurance consumer. Phil Brown asks what are the risks to our industry of potential selective disclosure?

GPs could be given incentives to encourage them to refer employees to the Health and Work Service (HWS), but may lose the responsibility of issuing fit notes.

LifeSearch has added Engage Mutual's over- 50s life cover to its product portfolio in a move to offer customers ‘a more comprehensive and competitive service.'

There is nowhere more ‘front line' than a claims department, and recent years have seen great improvements. Craig Colton expects there will be more to come.

Ageas Protect has launched its products on IRESS', The Exchange multi-benefit protection comparison service.

Friends Life has announced new enhancements to its income protection proposition, with the main enhancement an increase in the maximum income percentage a customer can cover.

The government's implementation of Personal Independence Payments (PIP), which replaced Disability Living Allowance, has been criticised by MPs as ‘nothing short of a fiasco.'

Malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer, has increased by 78% among males and 48% among females from 2003 to 2012, official figures have shown.

Zurich is extending the age limit of its investment-linked protection product, Investment Life Cover, for customers up to their 70th birthday.

Health & Case Management Ltd (HCML) has re-launched its catastrophic injury case management service.