Individual Protection

What do a professional couple with a young family and a retired tycoon have in common? They can both use a whole of life product for a variety of needs. Jennifer Gilchrist explains.

England's chief medical officer has called for politicians to seriously tackle the threat of antimicrobial disease as they did with MRSA.

LV= and Aviva stood out with four gongs each at the LifeSearch awards in London yesterday.

CIExpert has upgraded its online knowledgebase for advisers, adding tools to simplify comparing a critical illness policy with one that a client has previously acquired

If commission was abolished for protection plans, what would be the result? Would the customer benefit? Perhaps not, finds Alan Lakey.

Strong performance in Aviva protection and "at retirement" sales has driven a slight increase in long-term sales, the provider's 2012 preliminary results show.

Parents are "massively underestimating" the value of unpaid work around the home when considering levels of protection cover, Legal and General has reported.

Zurich paid out nearly £14m in income protection claims, to 765 customers, in 2012.

The health secretary has announced plans to fight the top five causes of death.

Scottish Provident paid out 93% of all critical illness claims in 2012.