Protection

The protection price war has seen the cost of life cover more than halve in a decade, research suggests.

Mortgage sourcing firm Trigold has teamed up with Norwich Union (NU) to offer a protection product through its platform.

Protection provider progress from Royal Liver has made a number of improvements to its adviser extranet site following feedback from IFAs.

Legal & General (L&G) has cut premiums on its Whole of Life Protection Plan by an average of 6%.

Legal & General (L&G) says it can help advisers boost their protection sales after launching an internal MI tool.

Bright Grey says the protection industry may require greater clarity of the definitions used for tele-underwriting to "remove confusion" in the market.

Canada Life is offering free critical illness (CI) cover for children up to £20,000 for all group CI policy members.

Norwich Union has launched an income protection product to counter the "potentially devastating" financial effects of long-term incapacity.

General insurance specialist Fortis has today moved into the life protection market with the launch of Fortis Life.

A protection policy offering seven different levels of cover including critical illness and income protection under one plan has been launched by LifeSearch.