Protection

Mike Mason, director with BDO’s forensic team, explains the actions advisers should take in the event they have a client who is getting divorced.

Young adults are just as aware of the need to protect their income and health as their elder peers, but fall behind when it comes to life insurance and critical illness (CI).

Phil Jeynes warns that removing components from simple products may mean weaker cover for clients.

My 45-year-old client was made redundant due to the recession, but has recently started a new yet much lower-paid job. With his income protection (IP) policy covering his last wage level, he is now over-insured and would not be able to claim his full...

Two more cancer drugs have been provisionally banned for NHS after it was decided they were too expensive for the potential results.

Holloway Friendly Society paid 96.2% of its income protection claims in 2011, up from the previous twelve months 95.5%.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has secured chair of the Health Select Committee, Stephen Dorrell MP as key speaker at its private healthcare summit.

Given the Financial Ombudsman Service's (FOS) desire to see larger caseload contributors paying a greater share of the costs, do you think this heralds a focus on smaller companies well being from regulators?

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is holding a heads of state meeting for CEOs of the major income protection providers.

Ageas has questioned whether the impending move to gender neutral pricing will result in women falling further behind men in their willingness to protect themselves.