Individual Protection

Unum exits individual critical illness market

Unum has ceased writing new business in the individual critical illness (CI) market.

18 May 2011 • 1 min read

IP will replace PPI - Defaqto

Defaqto has said it believes short term income protection (IP) products are likely to become the replacement for payment protection insurance (PPI).

13 May 2011 • 2 min read

Risk Clinic: Life and CI enhancements

I treat life and critical illness as fairly commoditised products for perfectly healthy people aged under 35. Can I do more to help them in this area?

13 May 2011 • 4 min read

Individual critical illness: KISS and make up?

With changes afoot in the critical illness market, Owain Thomas asks if its time for the sector to put aside its differences and move forward

13 May 2011 • 7 min read

Employers unconvinced fit note works as absence costs hit £17bn - CBI

The fit note is not reducing absence yet as sickness time off increased to 190 million lost working days at a cost of £17bn to employers last year, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said.

12 May 2011 • 2 min read

Income Protection

"Impressive start" to welfare reform - think tank

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) think tank has applauded the government's first year of welfare reform calling it "an impressive start".

11 May 2011 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Cirencester sees premium income and membership increase

Cirencester friendly has increased both premium income and membership in the last year.

09 May 2011 • 1 min read

Income Protection

MPs demand scrapping of controversial welfare reforms

MPs have condemned some of the coalition's most controversial plans for welfare reform and called for them to be scrapped in two early day motions (EDMs).

09 May 2011 • 2 min read