Protection

Unum has unveiled its marketing strategy which will include consumer focused television adverts later this year.

The Treasury has confirmed new European rules outlawing the use of gender in underwriting will not affect policies taken out before 21 December 2012.

More than a quarter of private sector employers are looking to reduce employee benefit costs by cutting holiday entitlement for staff, according to new research.

Perfect Health Insurance has launched a cashplan it claims outstrips those on offer elsewhere.

Zurich UK Life's Nigel Needs says an opportunity has arisen for IFAs to get in on the HNW protection market and explains how to do it.

Lloyds Banking Group plans to double sales and profits from its bancassurance proposition within the next three years as it seeks to take advantage of an "advice and distribution gap" it believes will develop as a result of the Retail Distribution Review...

The Prime Minister has dealt a severe blow to the private medical insurance (PMI) industry's hopes of receiving tax relief to encourage public take up.

The team leading the government's sickness absence review has said it is keen to learn what the insurance industry can offer to improve the current management of absence.

While protection is a healthy business, advisers can expect an "exponential" growth in competion from internet aggregator sites an industry consultant has said.

The Private Medical Insurance (PMI) sector has formed a social and shooting club, open to both providers and advisers.