Protection

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.

The protection industry - the FSA included - must "act fast" to ensure consumers understand the difference between Income Protection (IP) and Payment Protection Insurance (PPI).

Bright Grey has added an indexation option to its life and critical illness policies, protecting consumers against inflation.

Protection provider LV= is reducing premiums and altering terms across a number of its critical illness products.

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has added to its executive team as it prepares to write its second white paper on the product.

Life insurers are on red alert for smokers fibbing on life and critical illness cover application forms at a time when premiums for smokers are at an all-time high, research suggests.