Individual Protection

Only 2.7% of people taking out new mortgages and 5.4% of existing borrowers have financial cover to ensure continuity of their payments if they become unemployed, research has found.

Best Doctors and Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland Limited have announced an exclusive agreement.

LV='s Mark Jones goes through the typical reasons clients may be resistant to taking out insurance and how advisers can address these.

Legal and General's gross protection premiums have risen by 5%, according to the insurer's preliminary results for 2013.

Quitting smoking could cause 'impressive savings' on combined critical illness cover (CIC) and single life cover, Moneysupermarket has said.

Aegon UK has today published claims data which shows an increase in the value of life protection and critical illness (CI) claims paid in 2013.

iPipeline has launched a new ‘Email My Quote' service via its Assureweb portal enabling advisers to keep records of protection quotes via their inbox.

Critical illness sales are doing well. But Ian Jefferies outlines concerns over the product's development and offers a partial solution.

Kidney cancer rates have 'soared' by 30% over the past decade, according to research.

Customers must be made aware of the need for protection policies as the mortgage market has begun to show significant signs of recovery, Friends Life has said.