Individual Protection

LV= is "intensely" monitoring gender split risks after reporting massive sales figures in the run up to G-Day.

The industry is continuing to report pre G-Day sales spikes as it moves beyond the deadline.

Advisers are actively acknowledging the importance of execution-only protection capability but are struggling to make viable propositions.

Exeter Family Friendly has noted an influx of new advisers into the protection arena post RDR.

There has been a growing noise across the industry about the ability of the aggressive aggregators to pilfer protection business from financial advisers.

Insurers need to act now on their failure to "engage adequately" with customers about gender neutralisation, an insight agency research has warned.

With sales of individual IP on the slide, industry is agreed something needas to be done. However, as Nicola Culley discovers, opinion is divided as to how to reverse the decline.

Aviva has extended its free life cover for new parents offer.

There will be no changes to insurer credit rating in the wake of gender neutralisation, Fitch Ratings has reported.

Bupa has announced plans to acquire a major Australian and New Zealand dentistry group.