Protection

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has updated its consumer guide on private medical insurance (PMI) as new figures reveal a record number of people have taken out the policies.

The FSA and Treasury are seeking industry views on plans to reduce the administrative burden on insurance firms operating in the European Union (EU).

Consumers may be purchasing unsuitable payment protection insurance (PPI) policies because they believe they have no choice but to accept their lender's own policy, research suggests.

A government push to promote pharmacists for primary care instead of GPs could spell the end of the General Practitioner's Report (GPR) in protection underwriting and claims, MorganAsh suggests.

Andy Milburn, former IFA market manager at protection provider progress from Royal Liver, has joined national law firm Goldsmith Williams as head of marketing.

The campaign for 'wet signatures' is gathering momentum after new research suggests more than a quarter of online applicants for protection cover will change their details if sent a hard copy.

AXA has introduced a roving underwriting service after advisers demanded a stronger understanding of the complexities of arranging protection cover.

Axa Insurance has appointed Philippe Maso y Guell Rivet as chief executive.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Group will launch its first Islamic insurance qualification in September with the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF).

Pioneer, the income protection provider, announced it paid 96% of all claims received in 2007, down very slightly from 96.89% in 2006.