Income Protection

British Friendly has become the latest company to join the Protect Association.

Canada Life Group insurance will continue to provide the RedArc Personal Nurse Adviser service for all its group critical illness claimants.

Life offices must improve how they support general financial advisers. Plan Money's Pete Chadborn explains the issues to Fiona Murphy

Younger women are still not financially protecting themselves against breast cancer, the most common cancer in the UK, Friends Life has warned.

Canada Life's Paul Avis asks how the group risk industry can grow with the debate on auto-enrolment for group income protection one likely avenue.

The proportion of critical illness complaints upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service rose by 1% to 25% in the July-September 2014 quarter.

The Money Advice Service has announced that it is supporting the Seven Families campaign.

Unum has announced it will increase the number of staff on its sales team who work face to face with brokers in a bid to grow the UK protection market.

The UK 'protection gap"'is well documented but family lending is reportedly helping Britons to plug the gap in household finances to the tune of £31 billion. GRiD's Katharine Moxham ponders the role of employers in financial education.

Those living in rented accommodation are half as likely as mortgaged households to have any protection policies and only 15% are saving to have a mortgage.