Protection

Long term care is one of the key issues of this General Election campaign.

The ABI has hastened the next stage of industry talks on a national protection scheme as it wants to help shape the new Government's protection strategy.

Legal & General Group Protection has launched a new website for advisers combining employee benefit propositions across protection, pensions and savings.

My outing to buy barbecuing essentials last weekend was rapidly cut short by a cold-call relating to PPI. But the caller wasn't trying to sell the product, he was after something else entirely...

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries has confirmed Natalie-Jane Macdonald, managing director of BUPA and Professor Karol Sikora, Medical Director of CancerPartnersUK will be key note speakers at its annual conference on 1 July.

Aviva has launched a new Speedy Diagnostics service to provide prompt access to specialist consultations and diagnostic tests.

Aviva has launched an improved group risk website to inform and educate intermediaries on the benefits of the sector.

Prudential chief executive Tidjane Thiam has admitted to holding detailed talks with Clive Cowdery over the sale of the insurer's UK business, but said he would only sell if the price offered was irresistible.

WPA has accused financial service companies of relying on "wings and prayers" to provide security for their clients' data.

IFAs expecting a decade heavy with new protection offerings could be disappointed, as providers plan to focus on adviser education not "churning" products.