Protection

More than half of Britons do not think they need to buy extra insurance because of the government's welfare reforms and big society agenda, new research has found.

Vince Cable has admitted Britons will have to take greater responsibility for their own protection needs in the future following the welfare reforms.

How can the insurance industry improve its reputation, and its service to customers?

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.