Women have "less financial resilience to bounce back from financial shocks and are more likely to be trapped in poverty in later life", according to an interim report from Insuring Women's Futures (IWF.)
Melissa Collett discusses the lessons that income protection insurers can learn from 'I, Daniel Blake's' narrative of the state benefits system and how to treat customers at point of claim.
For nearly three in ten (28%) women in the UK, the inability to support themselves or their families financially is their greatest financial fear, according to research.
LifeQuote will support advisers whose clients do not have an email address as an increasing number of life insurers insist on email addresses on the application.
What a month for income protection and welfare reform. Richard Walsh discusses his report on resilient households, the government's Green Paper and the contradictory actions in the Autumn Statement.
LV= has appointed Andrea Fields as Rehabilitation Manager to focus on helping individuals suffering from illness or injury with their recovery.
Cura Financial Services has launched a video Advent Calendar which provides a daily tip for people looking for protection insurance.
The Exeter has successfully launched their new Protection platform using TCP's 'SS/G Digital' solution providing a full end-to-end service from quotation through to claim.
Adviser firm Vita has partnered with the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) to provide protection services the customers of 900 mortgage brokers nationwide.
Do UK life insurance companies know, or ever try and understand, how their customers feel during the hardest times in their lives, asks Roger Edwards.