Aviva is introducing additional services and a new escalation rate for its group income protection (GIP) product.

LV= has launched its Little Book of Protection to assist advisers through the sales process.

Benefit claimants who refuse to take up the offer of a training course could have their payments stopped, according to government plans.

A fresh approach is needed to generate growth in the group risk market and tackle the challenge of impending legislative changes, according to Jelf Group.

The government can not recover overpayments of social security benefits through the courts where the claimant is not at fault, the country's top court has ruled.

RGA actuary Greg Becker discusses the lessons that can be learnt from the South African protection market.

With sluggish sales, a tough economy and the government's reform of welfare provision, Owain Thomas writes that the timing is right for income protection to finally receive the level of attention it deserves

Swiss Re's predicts growth in the insurance and reinsurance industry will continue to accelerate next year and expects moderate expansion in the European and US economies.

Stonebridge Group has agreed a strategic affiliation with PruProtect for its protection proposition.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be renamed Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and a consultation has been launched into its overhaul on a social rather than medical basis.