Income Protection

An online quoting system has reported that all consumers look at more than one protection product area when considering cover.

Personal Group has made changes to its Voluntary Group Income Protection (VGIP) plan, increasing the maximum benefit and improving its occupation definition to Own Occupation.

An employer may terminate the contract of an ill worker receiving claiming protection insurance benefits, a tribunal ruling confirms.

LV= has added benefits to its income protection (IP) offering for medics so they have a relevant level of cover.

Employers should review their group income protection strategies due to increasing staff reliance on company benefits, Mercer is advising.

The FSA has responded to an industry provider letter regarding the phase out of financial advisers collating medical information.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Office of Fair Trading (OFT) have postponed the publication of final guidance on payment protection products.

British Friendly has been added to Sesame's approved list of protection providers.

Advisers have been struggling to sell income protection because clients claim not to need it, Defaqto research has shown.

The renting rise will fit "quite nicely" with the emergence of market-newby short-term income protection, Defaqto has said.