Holloway Friendly Society paid 96.2% of its income protection claims in 2011, up from the previous twelve months 95.5%.
The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is holding a heads of state meeting for CEOs of the major income protection providers.
The Insurance Fraud Register will go live in July after the Association of British Insurers and the Insurance Fraud Bureau signed contracts on the creation of the database.
Cuna Mutual is offering three months free accident wage protection to credit union members.
The protection industry may have to change the way it works if it is to maximise the potential of the simple products initiative, the project's leader has said.
Scottish Widows has revealed it is examining the possibility of re-entering the IFA protection market.
The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to extend its private healthcare market review to include insurers' fee schedules.
One of the most controversial developments in the protection industry over recent months has been the use of Subject Access Requests (SARs). Russ Whitworth told Owain Thomas a war with doctors may not actually be on the cards
L&G has given the use of Subject Access Requests (SARs) a ringing endorsement and said they produce much better results than other methods of obtaining medical information.
Friends Life has made two senior protection appointments including poaching Ageas' head of sales.