Income Protection

A buyers' guide to short-term income protection (IP) and mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) has been launched to assist consumer awareness of the products.

Exeter Family Friendly is believed to be one of the first insurers to publicly revamp its protection products to accommodate the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on gender based pricing.

Cirencester friendly's income protection (IP) product has been added to Intrinsic's protection panel.

Cirencester friendly has said IFAs should not be held solely responsible for ensuring the working population is properly protected, but warned the FSA is watching them.

Not only will the needs of each and every client who needs a protection policy differ, but advisers also have to factor in the different underwriting processes of providers...

Defaqto has released a guide to short-term income protection (STIP) and said it believes new opportunities are emerging in the market despite the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI).

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants are the most dissatisfied with their service from the Job Centre, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Holloway Friendly has launched an enhancement to their Purely IP income protection product - Purely Day One.

Living on state benefits would require significant lifestyle changes for those found too sick to work compared to being employed, a team of bloggers has found.

More than 11,000 benefit sanctions were imposed on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants between June last year and the end of May.