Individual Protection

LV has overhauled its income protection (IP) and critical illness (CI) offerings, including extending coverage on both to age 70.

Defaqto believes the onus is on insurers to make the new ABI critical illness (CI) statement of best practice a success.

David Gulland of RGA analyses the ECJ's decision to ban gender based pricing and asks where underwriting goes from here?

LifeSearch has called on the ABI and Treasury to halt the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) "ignorant" ruling to ban gender-based underwriting.

The government is proposing to make it illegal to discriminate against older people, which would ban insurers using age to judge risk unless they have "solid evidence" it would make a difference.

Purchasing property is the top trigger for clients to take out protection, a survey of IFAs has revealed.

Best Doctors has launched a new website service for its members.

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident are remaining defiant and calling government action in the face of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision to ban gender based underwriting.

In the ongoing battle between the legal profession and the insurance industry, the latter currently sits at win-one-lose-one, but the big fight may be yet to come...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has outlawed the use of gender in underwriting from 21 December 2012.