Individual Protection

Lifesearch is raising awareness of the perception gap between the number of protection claims people believe are paid; compared to the actual number of claims that are paid out.

Legal & General (L&G) has launched a pilot scheme offering 2 hours of free legal support to terminal and critical illness claimants.

Survival rates have continued to improve for most of the common cancers, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it is to delay the roll-out of the controversial new benefit, Personal Independence Payments (PIP) to disabled people.

LV= has reported a dip in its protection sales in the first nine months of this year, but has said sales have been resilient across the group despite tough market conditions.

The average Brit spends almost a year (360 days) off sick throughout their working life, according to LV= research.

Levels of personal wellbeing are strongly correlated to regional employment rates, findings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

Critical illness insurance has unexpectedly become cheaper for many young women this year, according to CIExpert's data tracking.

Young black women in the UK diagnosed with breast cancer aged 40 or younger have poorer overall survival than white women in the same age group, according to a Cancer Research UK study.

Consumers are not thinking long-term and have been turned off by insurance companies due to negative customer experiences, a new report warns.