Individual Protection

Half of private medical and dental insurance complaints received by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have been upheld in the first quarter of the year.

Protection provider Unum is announcing changes to its individual income protection (IP) offering, increasing options.

From the end of September Skandia will no longer sell Critical Illness (CI) policies.

Zurich has enhanced its protection products for clients who may need to make alterations to existing cover when their circumstances change.

Protection providers Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have suffered significant drops in sales over the first half of the year.

People being assessed for their ability to work are overwhelmingly being found fit and able to look for a job, according to new figures out today.

Government legislation to restrict unhealthy behaviours like smoking, drinking alcohol and eating fatty foods is inevitable if we are to retain a free NHS, according to a new report.

Less than half the adult population have life insurance cover, and few have ever switched their life insurance provider, meaning that as a nation we are under-insured and could well be over-paying for inadequate cover, according to new research.

LifeSearch has been asked by AIFA to help the ABI develop a guideline script for advisers selling critical illness insurance (CI).

Claims against life and pensions intermediaries fell by a quarter last year according to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).