Protection

From an industry perspective it was frightening to read the headlines coming out of the research conducted by the British Heart Foundation.

LifeSearch managing director Tom Baigrie has called on providers to take an active role in providing Tele-interviews for clients completing the medical part of an application.

Having just been short-listed for six awards this month we're feeling quite chirpy at LifeSearch at the moment.

Group income protection provider Unum is set to introduce a raft of new features to its Group Life proposition as part of an ongoing review.

Qualified nurses will carry out the first stage of tele-interviewing for income protection provider Friends Provident as part of a shake-up of the firm's applications process.

Many people are being advised to use equity release before they retire in order to consolidate their debts in what could be a serious breach of TCF, warns Duncan Young, managing director of equity release provider Retirement Plus.

Companies offering Private Medical Insurance (PMI) must provide a more detailed explanation of their cancer cover, the ABI says today.

The FSA's bid to improve the Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) market moved forward today after the regulator confirmed comparison tables for consumers will be available from March next year.

Thinc Group has added Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of the Royal London Group, to its growing multi-tie protection panel.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has repeated its plea for the Government to take action to reduce the level of flood risk in a meeting with Government ministers this morning.