Income Protection

Roy McLoughin of Master Adviser will be the keynote speaker at the next Income Protection Taskforce Roadshow.

Which? has endorsed income protection (IP) as the superior alternative to payment protection insurance (PPI).

Iain Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has vowed to press ahead with the previous Labour government's plan to review the work capability of all 2.5 million people claiming incapacity benefit.

Bupa has expanded its individual income protection (IP) offering.

Cirencester friendly increased its net earned premiums by 11.2% to £11.4m last year.

Private medical insurance (PMI) complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) increased by 27% last year.

LV= has added guaranteed insurability options, back to work support and career break options to its Income Protection (IP) offering.

Aegon has extended its tele-claims service to income protection, waiver of premium and total and permanent disability products.

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Pioneer has hit out at providers who "change the goalposts" mid-claim while also joining the chorus of insurers urging all income protection (IP) claims approval rates to be published.