Income Protection

London & Country Mortgages (L&C) has called for the protection industry to introduce annual statements as it shares customer views on whether they would like to receive such contact from insurers, COVER can exclusively reveal.

iPipeline has reported a 36% increase in the number of completed new business protection applications in Q1 2017, based on provider supplied data, as compared to same period last year.

Protection product sales in Q1 2017 rose by 6.6% (£8.7 million) to £140.2 million, returning to the peak levels of 2016, according to analysis from Equifax Touchstone shared exclusively with COVER.

COVER Magazine is delighted to reveal the provider shortlists for the COVER Excellence Awards 2017 which will be held on Wednesday 4 October at the Hilton London Bankside.

Royal London paid 97.3% of claims totalling over £331m during 2016, according to the insurer's published claims statistics.

Income protection provider Wiltshire Friendly has now launched Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin for its members.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has changed its methodology for publishing protection claims stats with income protection claims payments experiencing a decrease compared to the previous way of reporting claims paid.

COVER is delighted to announce that the COVER Excellence Awards 2017 have opened for nominations.

Royal London has removed the age restrictions for all occupations under its income protection (IP) and Key Person income protection covers.

Paul Harwood is the latest recruit to join the new management team at Holloway Friendly.