Protection

Advisers have given the Treasury's simple products initiative a tentative thumbs up while recognising that the financial services industry is overly complicated.

Universal Provident has launched a new combined protection and health insurance product aimed at customers forced to reduce their cover limits.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (Amii) has announced 500 people have now passed the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)/AMII IF7 private medical insurance (PMI) exam.

WPA has introduced moratorium underwriting on its individual private medical insurance (PMI) plans for clients who fit certain criteria.

Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) redress totals have reached a new peak after payments rocketed by more than £100m in just one month.

Britons are twice as likely to gamble with their health as with their money or career, new research has found.

Andrew Dilnot's call for financial services to engage in long-term care funding is not being given any stimulus according to Partnership managing director for care, Chris Horlick.

Britons are losing sleep over their future health but many have not prioritised protecting themselves against the financial effects of illness, new research has found.

Sex is the only subject more taboo than finances for UK families as many find the conversations too awkward and uncomfortable, a new report has revealed.

Investors cannot be counted on to make rational choices so regulators need to "step into their footprints" and limit or ban the sale of potentially harmful products, the head of the UK's new consumer protection watchdog said.