Individual Protection

Aegon UK has launched a "Price Pledge" campaign, for advisers with large sum assured clients.

Aviva is to underwrite all individual income protection (IP) policies on an own occupation basis, including part-time occupations.

The Gender Directive has had ‘limited' impact on advisers' protection business, research has found.

Protection IFA Moneysworth has warned simplified underwriting is 'going down the wrong street' and risks non-disclosure as research revealed a significant number of advisers believe it could close the protection gap.

Sandringham Financial Partners has expanded its Protection Panel with major providers including Friends life, to meet the growing needs of its partners.

Advisers believe simpler underwriting and greater incentives on policies are ‘paramount' to addressing the ‘protection gap', Avelo research has found.

Friends Life has urged women of all ages to ensure that they are ‘breast aware', as women under the age of forty accounted for 25% of all breast cancer claims it paid out last year.

More people are being diagnosed with and dying from kidney cancer in England today, compared to 10 years ago according to new figures released.

One of the largest NHS contractors for pain management is to target the private health insurance (PMI) and protection sectors in the new year.

Cancer is costing countries across the European Union an estimated €126 billion in costs including healthcare and productivity losses, research has revealed.