Individual Protection

Friends Provident has launched a new online seminar on Pension Contribution Protection Benefit (PCPB) to highlight how advisers can help clients protect their pension contributions in the event of illness or accidental injury.

The reinsurer has reported an increase in sales of new term assurance, critical illness and whole life insurance in 2009, while income protection sales fell. However, the ‘Protection Gap' has widened further.

Openwork is expanding its product proposition with a new protection panel featuring Aegon, Axa and Legal & General.

Women are not protecting themselves against the worst despite being more financially important to their families than ever, new research says.

LV= has added guaranteed insurability options, back to work support and career break options to its Income Protection (IP) offering.

Fortis has announced it intends to complete a whole of IFA market roll out for its protection business by the end of this half year.

Legal & General and Newbury Building Society have entered a joint distribution agreement for protection products.

Aegon has begun a campaign to highlight the importance of the adviser market in the face of stiff competition from internet sales.

PruProtect's second full year of operation saw it post new business figures of £13.5m (APE) up from £3.3m in 2008.

Mortgage brokers could be dragged into the disclosure of adviser remuneration proposed by the FSA.