Individual Protection

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced it will be holding a further mortgage and protection roundtable in Chelmsford, Essex at the end of the month.

The most important elements of protection service for advisers are those that value quality service at the beginning, middle and end of the customer journey - not just for new business acquisition.

Legal & General (L&G) has revealed it paid out £500 million in individual protection claims during 2013.

Just 7% of private tenants have any financial protection cover, compared with 28% of those with a mortgage, according to Scottish Widows.

Protection intermediary Drewberry Insurance has launched a new Family Insurance tool to help families better understand their financial risks.

Friends Life has revealed it paid £970,000 to families of children with cancer under its Child Cover benefit during 2013.

Plans to encourage medical innovation are little more than experimental, writes Richard Walsh.

LV= has launched an income protection policy ‘Personal Sick Pay' widening eligibility to occupations that have previously been more expensive to insure.

TSB Bank has launched a partnership with Legal & General (L&G) to offer protection insurance to its customers from the beginning of July 2014.

Government and financial services must work together to ensure customers get the information they need to put protection at the heart of financial planning, Aviva has urged.