Individual Protection

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.

In ‘an increasing trend towards severity-based critical illness cover' nearly 60% of critical illness policies now offer severity-based cover.

Ageas Protect has added family bereavement support to a range of its protection policies.

Clive Waller, co-chairman of the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF), has announced he is stepping down from his role at the end of this year.

Annual research into the insurance needs of gay men and women, by gay protection specialist IFA Compass, has for the first time focused on critical illness (CI) cover, instead of life insurance.

PruProtect has launched a promotion offering children's serious illness cover (SIC) free for three years to new customers.

CIExpert has analysed Zurich's recent upgrade to its critical illness plans and highlighted its early stage cancer coverage.

Zurich has enhanced its Critical Illness (CI) product including improved protection for patients with breast cancer and partial payments on 6 medical conditions.