Individual Protection

Lead Co-op has launched life assurance leads allowing advisers to alter prices according to the source of the lead in order to reward and encourage quality leads.

Medicals Direct Group has re-branded itself as MDG.

The Protection Review and the Personal Finance Society (PFS) will soon be announcing the first dates for independent protection training for advisers.

Bright Grey has reduced premiums for plan holders with reviewable life or critical illness cover.

Stakeholders within the life assurance market need to work together to tackle the ongoing problem of cancellation and persistency rates, a national IFA has urged.

The Dilnot Commission report, set up by the Government to recommend a fair and sustainable funding system for adult social care in England, is to be welcomed.

Cancer patients could lose up to £94 a week in benefits as the government cuts costs, Macmillan Cancer Support has warned.

One of the most commonly cited reasons for poor protection sales is that most of the country is unaware of the availability of these products and what support they can provide.

Protect has confirmed representatives from the Protection Review, Income Protection Task Force and Defaqto will be speaking at its May meeting.

An advice service focussed on helping people with pre-existing medical conditions obtain life cover has been launched into the UK protection market.