Protection

The insurance industry still has an image problem with the general public which the new regulatory structure is unlikely to help, according to research by the ABI.

Assureweb has added a whole of life quotation portal to its service.

Are we simply opposed to simple products? Nick Jones investigates the simplicity minefield.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has proposed new guidelines for adult mental health care provided by the NHS.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has hit out at the FSA for not intervening to tackle the Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) problem sooner and criticised the industry for being addicted to regular mis-selling scandals.

Consumers are more concerned about protecting their family since the financial downturn, research suggests.

Policyholder protection will be at the heart of the Prudential Regulation Authority's (PRA) post-2012 supervision of insurance companies, a joint FSA and Bank of England paper outlines today.

Bupa and surgeons are at loggerheads again after two medical bodies renewed their attack on the provider's decision to review patients referred for knee surgery and advised their fellows to not take part in the process.

The protection industry should engage with the Money Advice Service (MAS) not fear it to successfully grow the market, industry leaders have said.

Only two scales of providers will succeed in the protection market as it becomes divided between massive multinationals and small nimble insurers, according to RGA.