Protection

Protection provider LV= will partner with Standard Life from 1 December 2008.

The CII Group has enlarged the range of technical and management subjects covered as part of its general insurance qualifications.

Two insurance agents have been banned from performing any role in regulated financial services after trading illegally.

A business protection tool designed to assist advisers new to the market has been launched by Zurich.

Price beats product when considering which business protection policy to recommend, an adviser poll suggests.

Advisers' search for fresh income streams in the midst of the credit crunch has hit a wall, statistics released by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) suggest.

I've recently had the fortune, though some may say misfortune, to be involved in several conversations and debates, some a little heated, about the number and validity of various award ceremonies in the protection industry.

Protection provider PruProtect is offering ongoing annual premium discounts for customers engaging in its Vitality health programme.

The potential value of income protection (IP) has been highlighted by research suggesting most Britons would suffer serious financial hardship if they were suddenly unable to work, Canada Life Group Insurance says.

Critics of proposals to ban point-of-sale payment protection insurance (PPI) have been accused of behaving like "spoilt children who cannot get their own way".