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Jun 19, 2013

Sick pay insurance for employees unveiled by LV=

LV= has launched a simplified income protection product for employees to cover sick leave, Mark Jones has said.

From Your Industry| Jun 17, 2013

Tenet launches long-term care referral service

Adviser support group says retail independent advisers should identify clients who require a long-term care insurance contract.

From Your Industry| Jun 13, 2013

Zurich doubles protection market share

In the last year, Zurich says it has provided protection cover to over 1m customers in the UK and has paid out over £170m in claims.

Jun 13, 2013

What Group protection tie-up for life, CI and IP

LifeQuote, part of Direct Life & Pension Services, has teamed up with national advisory firm What Group to provide a range of protection solutions.

Jun 13, 2013

Cancer figures highlight need for better protection

By 2020, 50 per cent of the UK population will suffer from cancer, Macmillan Cancer Support has predicted, prompting providers and advisers to urge...

Jun 07, 2013

FCA to change insurance disclosure requirements

Regulator unveils plan to change requirement for consumers to volunteer information to insurers.

Analysis & Opinion
Key person insurance critical for small businesses

Jun 13, 2013

Key person insurance critical for small businesses

In this month’s protection spotlight, Sam Barrrett argues that firms can face ruin if they are not protected

Jun 12, 2013

No one to fall back on but yourself

What a great product critical illness cover is. The concept is easy to understand – an insurance that pays out money when the plan holder is...

Jun 12, 2013

It’s a veritable jungle out there

I did what constitutes, for me, a wild leap of celebration when I read Swiss Re’s announcement in its Term and Health Watch that the individual...

Income protection survey: An overlooked asset

Jun 03, 2013 |

Income protection survey: An overlooked asset

In this year’s income protection survey, Charlotte Richards looks at one of the simplest forms of cover and what the market has to offer

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Adviser Guides

Guide to Income Protection

Income protection makes sure you can meet your financial commitments if you are unable to work.

Special Reports

Protection - March 2013

Protection is a product that has become notoriously difficult to persuade people to take up, and is indeed a product that advisers have to sell.

FTAdviser Blog

Facts are facts: Providers must reveal claims figures

Only a few insurers are publishing protection claims data. It should be a requirement for all.

Recent Articles
  1. Jun 12, 2013

    Mystery Shopper: Watford

    This week the mystery shopper visits Watford in Hertfordshire. He is 49 and has just taken a redundancy payment and is considering life as a...

  2. ABI plan to improve consistency of IP data
    Jun 04, 2013

    ABI plan to improve consistency of IP data

    Association of British Insurers seeks solution to different coding methods and is upbeat on 2012 payout increases

  3. Women benefit most from protection gender rules
    Jun 04, 2013

    Women benefit most from protection gender rules

    Female policyholders have benefited more since the imposition of the gender directive, Money Management research shows

  4. ABI: ‘Pleasing’ protection payouts show products work
    Jun 03, 2013

    ABI: ‘Pleasing’ protection payouts show products work

    ABI says latest payout figures underline the value of protection cover as they are working for those that take them out.

  5. Key-person insurance for small businesses
    May 31, 2013

    Key-person insurance for small businesses

    Business protection: Smaller companies can face ruin if tragedy hits key staff. Business protection can mitigate the repercussions, says Sam Barrett

  6. LV= enhances critical illness cover
    May 31, 2013

    LV= enhances critical illness cover

    New and enhanced definitions reflect changes in medical diagnosis, insurer says.

  7. Guide to Income Protection
    From Training| May 30, 2013

    Guide to Income Protection

    Income protection makes sure you can meet your financial commitments if you are unable to work.

  8. PruProtect urges better offerings to narrow gap
    May 29, 2013

    PruProtect urges better offerings to narrow gap

    The only way to fill the £1.3trn protection gap is for advisers and providers to be proactive and create products that are suitable for...

  9. ‘PPI scandal has turned people off insurance’
    May 29, 2013

    ‘PPI scandal has turned people off insurance’

    The payment protection insurance scandal has had a detrimental effect on the number of people taking up important critical illness and income...

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