Welfare reform

Has the government's long awaited spending review focused the publics' mind on protection and health insurance to any meaningful degree, and do you think the industry will capitalise on it?

LV= is offering a 5% discount on income protection for the rest of the year.

Protection is unlikely to join the national employment savings trust (NEST) project following a meeting between Government representatives and counterparts from the group risk industry.

Canada Life and the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) are launching a series of free seminars for advisers aimed at growing the group income protection (GIP) market.

Gen Re has backed a community rated income protection (IP) product to compliment state benefits and called on the industry to add its support to the proposal.

It's a pleasant change to think positively about the direction of the protection market and to identify a significant opportunity for advisers.

COVER's editor, Paul Robertson, is relishing the Government bashing kiddies and grannies.

Legal & General has applauded the "laudable ambitions" of today's 21st Century Welfare consultation paper and believes the protection industry is the perfect partner to assist the Government in welfare reform.

The protection industry is discussing a proposed top-up income protection (IP) product to state benefit which could see a complete shift in how the sector operates.

The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) will meet Treasury officials to further explore its offer to play a significant role in assisting the Government's welfare reforms.