Income Protection

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is holding a heads of state meeting for CEOs of the major income protection providers.

Jelf has warned that many of the key recommendations of the Sickness Absence Review are unlikely to ever be realised and called its decision to ignore income protection (IP) as ‘madness'.

Cuna Mutual is offering three months free accident wage protection to credit union members.

Scottish Widows has revealed it is examining the possibility of re-entering the IFA protection market.

Cirencester friendly has warned that the government's continued welfare reforms prove relying solely the State for support is a "fool's paradise" and urged the protection industry to push this point across.

The government looks set to force through its controversial welfare reforms without giving the House of Lords a chance to readdress the amendments it made.

Ellipse has entered the group income protection (GIP) market with the launch of its InteractPlus product which includes an integrated absence management system.

Mental health claims are growing and now make up a third of all those received on group income protection (GIP) policies, according to Legal & General.

Britons are losing sleep over their future health but many have not prioritised protecting themselves against the financial effects of illness, new research has found.

Businesses and government need to issue a "clear and consistent message from the top that work is good for you", the co-author of the Sickness Absence Review has said.