Protection

AXA has reduced the premiums across a range of its protection products, with an average cut of 1.5%.

Dean Buckley has been appointed as the new CEO of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), the asset management arm of Lloyds TSB and Scottish Widows.

Consumers are five times more likely not to disclose important medical and lifestyle information on paper applications than tele-underwritten forms, according to AXA.

Advisers are being urged to keep their clients informed of the potential impact of the Welfare Reform Bill, set to be introduced later this month.

Why choose PruProtect? We cover more conditions: Most providers limit the number of listed illnesses and conditions they pay out on to around 35. PruProtect Serious Illness Cover can cover between 93 and 154 illnesses and conditions, depending on...

The Competition Commission (CC) is failing consumers by not getting to the bottom of why there is a lack of competition in the payment protection insurance (PPI) arena, a provider says.

The Competition Commission (CC) is inviting industry comment on the nature of competition in the payment protection insurance (PPI) market in the UK.

AXA has abolished automatic GP reports (GPRs) for consumers under 45 applying for life and critical illness products.

It is ironic that at a time when the reputation of payment protection insurance is perhaps at its lowest ebb, the stiffening financial environment means consumers increasingly need the safeguards such cover can provide.

Christopher Read talks to L&C Pensions' director Nigel Sharp about the challenges faced by SIPP providers in complying with the latest principles based legislation