Protection

Legal & General (L&G) has increased the maximum benefit on its Group Income Protection scheme from £300,000 to £350,000 for all new and switching schemes.

Nearly one in four employers has reduced their benefit costs by introducing a flexible benefits scheme, according to a survey of UK employers conducted by Mercer.

Tension between the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the Law Commission over non-disclosure rules is mounting following a television programme focusing on declined claims.

Legal & General has rolled out its online new business system to its mortgage network, Legal & General Partnerships Services Limited (LGPSL).

The protection industry will once again come under the spotlight tonight in an ITV programme on the dangers to consumers of non-disclosure.

Protection sales figures released by the ABI today show new single premium business crashed nearly 80% on last year while the group market is proving most resurgent in its recessional recovery.

Fortis is offering advisers 10% additional commission for three months in recognition of its success at the ifs Financial Innovation Awards.

Anne Llewellyn examines the consequences and underwriting ramifications of this little known disease.

Friends Provident's protection products are available direct to the consumer (D2C) through Tesco from today, according to chief executive Trevor Matthews.

Almost half (43%) of Britons do not buy life insurance because they do not see the need for it, research suggests.