Income Protection

Advisers are optimistic about the future of the income protection (IP) market despite overwhelmingly expecting fewer IFAs to be practising in the sector and fewer products being available, new research says.

An opportunity to realise the value of group income protection and get some significant market growth?

Protection providers have forgotten consumers in making products too complicated, according to LV=.

It's a pleasant change to think positively about the direction of the protection market and to identify a significant opportunity for advisers.

Cirencester friendly is running a series of income protection (IP) roadshows throughout the country.

Bupa is offering a free health assessment to all new income protection customers and their introducing intermediary.

Paymentshield has launched a payment protection insurance, IncomeShield, which protects any financial outgoings.

Bupa promises new products will be launched in the next six months and into 2011 as it announced a steady performance for the first half of 2010.

Paul Avis makes the case for protecting individuals being best served through employer sponsored support

The Government has announced a policy of cutting across all departments. Peter Barnett assesses what this regime of a thousand cuts means for the protection and health intermediary