Individual Protection

Unum has launched a new online underwriting system.

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is addressing long term disability and the new Employment Support Allowance (ESA) with a series of nationwide adviser seminars.

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Aviva is piloting a system which lets advisers sell customers 'top-up' protection after asking them just a single question.

Incapacity Benefit (IB) will be abolished this year with all claimants facing reassessment as part of the Government's continued crackdown on the benefits system.

New ABI director general Kerrie Kelly has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at this year's Protection Review conference.

The FSA has given advisers who sell individual long-term pure protection contracts under ICOBS until the end of the year to apply its rules on 'total premium' disclosure.

PruProtect's second full year of operation saw it post new business figures of £13.5m (APE) up from £3.3m in 2008.

Legal and General has announced a guarantee to match any like-for-like competitor quotes for high net worth business.

The FSA is open to the possibility of spreading adviser remuneration transparency across the board but doesn't believe it would be a popular move.