Individual Protection

Half of insurers are now offering some form of HIV Life Assurance, up from 35% last year, according to medical financial advisers Unusual Risks.

Living on statutory sick pay (SSP) for just three months would result in significant financial hardship for the majority of UK workers and could even force some to move home, according to new research.

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

This week: More publicity for income protection, the problem with investing in gilts and why mothers really do matter when it comes to pensions.

The Work and Pensions Secretary has vowed that employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants appealing their ineligibility decision will not have their benefit payments stopped.

Ageas Protect has seen its protection business almost double over the first three quarters of the year although it is yet to reach profitability.

Group protection business at Friends Life dropped by more than half in the third quarter of the year while individual business slipped slightly compared to the previous three months.

Business protection is one of the largest untapped markets in desperate need of financial advice. Clare Harrop issues a call to arms

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident held a recent summit on the future of critical illness cover. Roger Edwards outlines its conclusions

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