Individual Protection

LV= has continued the market's focus of reducing reliance on GP reports (GPRs) by slashing the number requested for its income protection (IP) applications.

Insurance service provider Medicals Direct has applied to register as an NHS service provider under the Health and Social Care Act.

Royal London has agreed to potentially buy the Progress protection back book business as part of its deal with parent company Royal Liver.

LifeQuote, the protection portal owned by Direct Life & Pension Services (DLPS), has added Unum's Income Protection plan to its service.

Aviva paid almost 95% of critical illness (CI) claims and 99.6% of those resulting from death last year.

Families have more cover in place for their property and possessions than they do to protect themselves and their families, statistics from Nationwide have shown.

Legal & General has become the first non mutual of 2011 to publish its income protection (IP) claims data.

Zurich has seen a significant rise in large case policies issued over the last year.

Over half of middle income households are vulnerable to losing their primary income, according new research.

Doctors have branded fit notes a success in helping people return to work but believe it has not improved advice to patients and that more local services are needed to support returning to work.