Insurance

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has barred Direct Line from showing a TV advert again after it was found to have misled consumers.

Introducing gender-neutral rates will result in premium hikes for life insurance and critical illness (CI), HM Treasury has warned.

Bad lifestyle choices such as smoking, poor diet, high alcohol intake and excess weight are responsible for ‘around 40% of all cancers', according to new research.

The FSA is currently consulting on its guidance for payment protection insurance (PPI) and potential replacement products such as short-term income protection (STIP).

Pacific Life Re has re-opened the debate surrounding need for protection to be made compulsory in some capacity after the government unveiled its mortgage indemnity guarantee scheme.

Pruprotect is launching an adviser based up-selling scheme to offer existing term assurance clients whole of life cover with no additional underwriting.

Ageas Protect has overhauled its critical illness (CI) product to include15 ABI+ condition definitions and extended its relationship with Best Doctors.

Aviva and Legal & General are to provide life and general insurance products for Barclays Bank UK Retail customers.

This genetic illness affects about one in 800 people in the UK. Mary Randell explains how advisers can offer cover for it

LifeSearch is encouraging protection advisers to increase sales of family income benefit (FIB) products.