Individual Protection

Unum is to leave the individual protection market from 2 March.

Less than one in five parents take out life cover to protect their finances in case of them dies, according to new research.

COVER is proud to announce that Aviva, LV=, PruHealth, PruProtect and Simplyhealth are sponsoring its new website.

COVER has launched a campaign, initially in partnership with the Protection Review, to reform the practice of writing list-based occupational definitions (Activities of Daily Living and Working - ADL and ADW) for income protection.

Has the income protection (IP) industry reached tipping point? The validity of list-based occupational definitions for IP, such as work tasks and activities of daily living, has been questioned for many years. But the demand for change is becoming stronger....

COVER's editor Paul Robertson introduces the new website and invites you to come in and nose around.

Aegon has published a guide to State bereavement payments that will be issued with all death claim packs.

Half the life insurance claims received by Scottish Provident last year were made for those under 55 years old, the insurer has revealed.

PruProtect has said it is "bullish" about the future for the protection market and that it is aiming to be a major player in the UK market.

Any move abroad by Prudential is "unlikely" to affect either PruProtect or PruHealth, COVER understands.