ABI

Advisers have called for more detail and clarity around claims statistics, following the publication of income protection (IP) figures from Friends Life earlier today.

The Consumer Insurance Act is the first formal change in law in this space for more than 100 years. Paul Dalgliesh looks at the implications for insurers and advisers.

Having read recent calls from the protection insurance market in the media about the formation of a specialist protection insurance group, Protect and its members are willing to support such an entity.

The New Year did not start auspiciously for the Treasury simple products initiative and income protection insurance.

Protection specialist and former Associate Director of the ABI, Nick Kirwan has joined the executive team of the Income Protection Task Force.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) is still in discussions with the Competition Commission regarding the lack of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) comparison tables on its website, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has reported.

Employers need advice on prevention of mental health issues to sit alongside group cover, a group risk industry body said at an Association of British Insurer (ABI) briefing this morning.

A steering group chaired by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the Treasury is currently drafting a report on under-protection.

British insurers are expected to face the worst flood damage bills since 2007, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pwc) has warned.

Just weeks into his new position as managing director, Nicola Culley finds Roger Edwards heavily into a planning stage.