Individual Protection

Around two thirds of insurance brokers have highlighted price comparison sites as their greatest challenge, according to a new survey.

One of the most commonly cited reasons for poor protection sales is that most of the country is unaware of the availability of these products and what support they can provide.

Cuna Mutual Group has announced a deal to distribute LV='s term life assurance to its network of building societies.

An advice service focussed on helping people with pre-existing medical conditions obtain life cover has been launched into the UK protection market.

More than half of UK adults hold no life insurance despite being highly aware of the importance of having it and other protection products, according to research.

LV= has produced a plain English guide offering simplified explanations for advisers to use when explaining critical illnesses (CI) to clients.

Scottish Widows has paid £1.15bn in life and critical illness (CI) claims since January 2000 equating to over £2m each week.

The government has vowed to press ahead with reform of the welfare state as its latest statistics show less than a quarter of those applying for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are successful.

Government plans to give care workers and patients more control over their care will be tested with the announcement of six trial areas.

It all began 25 years ago with the launch of the UK's first ever critical illness products by Abbey Life and Allied Dunbar. Scottish Provident's Jennifer Gilchrist looks back on a seminal moment in the history of protection...