Protection

At a recent critical illness (CI) conference, it was observed that a lot of the individual market's underwriting problems could be reduced by using a low free cover limit (e.g. £50,000). Would bringing this into line with group business be helpful to...

The Protection Review's independent training has been warmly received by advisers who attended the first two sessions and it is now hoping to arrange further dates next year.

The chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has suggested Parliament will have to give the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), one of its successor bodies, even greater powers to protect consumers.

The Treasury is warming to the idea of developing 'simple' products which advisers would then be required to use as benchmarks for their recommendations.

The Treasury has created a steering group tasked with developing a range of simple financial products.

Protection policies can be more useful to your clients than you think...

What Kevin Carr made of developments in protection this month.

More than half of SME employers fear the cost impact of the government's health and welfare reforms, according to Jelf Group.

Surgery in independent sector treatment centres is at least as good as in NHS hospitals, new research has found.

Ageas Protect has introduced a consumer friendly ‘product labelling' scheme into its protection products.