Individual Protection

There must have been more than a few sweaty brows last week when the HBOS disaster broke wide open in all its gory detail.

Bright Grey and Scottish provident have published income protection claims statistics for the first time.

It is no secret that protection is on the minds of most - if not all - existing retail investment platforms. And the first to come to the fore was Nucleus, with its new investment-linked life assurance proposition.

Equity release sales post increase

Draft guidance has been issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in an aim to identify more clinically and cost-effective lung cancer treatment.

The overwhelming majority of Hepatitis C sufferers have not sought any form of cover because of their diagnosis, an advice firm has reported.

Advisers have reported confidence post-RDR and a boost to business from increased protection income streams.

A direct-to-consumer online protection provider has responded to criticism that its critical illness cover is too basic, by stressing that the product will continue to develop as its simple online processes evolve.

An industry-wide survey has shown a notable increase in those who believe commission will disappear in the protection industry.

Surveys suggest only around 1 in 10 UK employees have income protection insurance, yet as Which? says ‘The one protection policy every working adult in the UK should consider is the very one most of us don't have - income protection'.