Individual Protection

Bright Grey has launched a new income protection (IP) product which will offer the majority of customers an own occupation definition.

A couple is pursuing national IFA firms Positive Solutions and 2plan Wealth Management for what they claim was negligent advice to invest in high risk unregulated investments - including using money they had received from a critical illness (CI) payout....

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has claimed it has developed a quick and easy system for identifying families who have a clear need for income protection.

Bright Grey has called for consumers to ensure they have adequate protection as research revealed more than 11 million Britons have lent a family member or friend money unexpectedly.

Smokers could 'radically' reduce the cost of combined life and critical illness (CI) cover if they kicked the habit, new research has found.

LV= has announced it is offering a 5% discount on premium rates for a number of its protection products.

Aviva has urged consumers to check their policies as over the past five years it has paid out over £2.2 million in critical illness payments to customers who didn't initially realise they could claim.

LV= is launching a ‘risk reality' tool for advisers to demonstrate the likelihood of clients suffering long-term sickness or dying prematurely, which can be used as part of the protection sales process.

Zurich has revealed it paid out 94% of income protection (IP) claims in the first half 0f 2013.

PruProtect has announced enhancements to its Relevant Life Cover policy including an increase in the maximum sum assured and index-linking policies to keep pace with inflation.