Individual Protection

Gender-neutral pricing will stir up the market but insurers will settle down within a year with no long-term affects, Fitch Ratings stated in a seminar today.

Aegon has entered into talks with third-party service provider Serco about a 10-year agreement to outsource protection business administration.

Advisers offering protection advice are in a "very small" minority, according to PG Mutual.

A third have been insuring home contents over their lives, Zurich has reported.

Assurant Intermediary has launched a new legal expenses policy.

Bupa and Dementia UK have partnered to boost numbers of admiral nurses in the UK by 10%.

Roger Edwards, proposition director at Bright Grey & Scottish Provident, reveals how items lying around the house or office can be instant protection sales aids.

The slowing of payment protection insurance (PPI) presents a significant opportunity for financial advisers to write policies that cover not just loan repayments, but also a percentage of income as well and to focus on addressing clients' wider protection...

Robert Morrison takes a look at critical illness cover and sings the praises of traditional CI over severity based policies.

First Complete has widened its panel of protection providers, and appointed Aviva to its income protection provider panel.