Income Protection

Disability rights campaigners have hit out at a report by MPs which concluded the process used to decide claimants' eligibility for benefits is working well.

Only a quarter (24%) of people applying for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are found sick or disabled enough to be awarded the benefit, according to latest government statistics.

Holloway Friendly has launched a new adviser website including a range of tools to aid the application process.

Unum is challenging six UK bloggers to live on Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for one week to highlight the importance of workers protecting their income.

Benefit claimants will be fined instantly if they negligently give wrong information on their claim.

LV= income protection product manager Martin Sincup says advisers should push IP providers to reveal their claims stats.

Exeter Family Friendly has announced the appointment of two new key account managers to its field based sales team.

The protection industry has made progress in communicating with consumers but more needs to be done and now maybe the time for product innovation, Swiss Re has said.

Income protection (IP) sales have continued to slide despite an overall rise in the volume of term assurance products sold, according to Swiss Re.

Cirencester friendly has added big T underwriting to its IFA application process.