Protection

Zurich sees record life cover applications

Insurer Zurich has reported record levels of customers applying for life assurance ahead of...

India-based PPI firm rapped over texts

Data Supplier, a firm based in Mumbai, has had three complaints against it upheld...

Disability impacting on 50-60 year olds

Over two out of five 50 to 60-year-olds who are out of work blame...

Scottish Provident provides help over gender pricing deadline

Scottish Provident is offering customers a window for last minute applications before the...

Friends Life revamps group critical illness offering

Friends Life has made improvements to its group critical illness proposition. Changes include enhanced...

Scottish Provident unveils new whole of life protection product

Scottish Provident has launched a new simplified whole of life product that solely offers...

Gender neutral pricing now at L&G

Legal & General has moved to gender neutral pricing. This means all individual protection products...

Openwork app now available for Android

Openwork has launched a new version of its protection app enabling advisers to obtain...

PruProtect appoints underwriting director

Darren Lee is joining PruProtect as director of underwriting and claims. He joins the protection...

LV= outlines gender directive policy

LV= has published details as to how it will deal with amendments to protection...

2013 to be “one hell of a year” for insurance sector

Protection experts have warned that growth in protection sales is flat despite the increasing...

Huge FSA fine for CPP

The FSA has issued its joint largest retail fine of £10.5 million to Card...

Worrying confusion between IP and PPI

79% of advisers surveyed by Cirencester Friendly believe that their clients confuse income protection...

RBS posts loss and increases PPI provision

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has posted a pre-tax loss of £1.26 billion for...
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