Individual Protection

Bupa's individual protection offering is now available to members of the First Complete network.

Protection providers have forgotten consumers in making products too complicated, according to LV=.

LV= has revealed strong protection new business figures for the first half of the year.

Bright Grey has announced it paid 98% of life claims in the first six months of the year.

Matthew Wood of Genesis Wealth Management has been revealed as first prize winner of the PruProtect World Cup Fantasy football competition.

PruProtect has revealed its new business grew by 98% to £10.9m (APE) in the first half of 2010.

Owain Thomas looks at the direction of the protection market

IFAs still own the largest portion of the protection market despite its long-term sales slump, according to the FSA.

Sickness and disability benefit claims problems are seeing a huge surge in volumes, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB).

The protection market has started to recover over the last year, but it is being propped up by resurging critical illness sales, according to FSA figures.