Income Protection

My client is just starting out in freelance consultancy after being made redundant. He is a single parent with a 14-year-old daughter and previously had all major protections and private medical insurance (PMI) through work. I will cover him for the usual...

Avelo Exchange has extended its income protection service to intermediaries with the addition of British Friendly's Income Protection plan.

Start up income protection provider, British Friendly, has announced its new business figures for its first six months of trading.

Fewer appeals against Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) decisions are being found in the claimants favour, according to government statistics.

Fewer claimants are being found eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) despite government claims that the benefits system is providing greater protection for disabled people.

Cancer patients already severely struggling with financial difficulties because of their illness could be hit with "catastrophic" effects if welfare reform proceeds, MacMillan Cancer Support has warned.

Disability charities are horrified at government plans to cut employment and support allowance (ESA) during appeals.

Protection and health insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) leapt sharply in the second three months of the year.

The "diabolical" selling of protection back books needs to be regulated and restricted, with the new owners held accountable for the way the books are run, an industry expert says.

Louise Colley from Aviva picked up the Outstanding Achievement Award at last night's COVER Excellence Awards.