Individual Protection

Consolidation vehicle Resolution has paid £165m to acquire Bupa Health Assurance (BHA) using surplus capital from its last acquisition, Friends Provident.

AEGON's decision to remain in individual protection markets was due to "significant overlap" with its chosen core markets, the provider has said.

Winter is fast approaching and many of your clients will get a cold.

Holloway Friendly Society has reduced broker liability through the introduction of tele medical underwriting on its Income Protection policies.

Andrew Clothier reminds that many with mortgage payment protection products are over insured or not insured at all.

Technical matters

Alice suffered from anorexia in her teens and early 20s. She now has a partner with whom she shares a joint mortgage but also has some underlying mild depression.

With providers and the government taking a greater interest in health provision through the workplace, should IFAs become more active in the health and welfare of those individuals in their group business?

There has been significant growth in the number of Fortis policies written in trust since the introduction of online processing.

The proposed increased Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) award limit is ‘not keeping pace'with today's costs, according to the (FOS).