Protection

Paymentshield's plans to launch mortgage payment protection insurance which incorporates the benefits of income protection has raised hopes a 'hybrid' product may solve some of the problems inherent in the industry.

UnumProvident is urging IFAs to raise awareness of mental ill-health among their clients, following research which reveals over 10 million working days were lost as a result of stress, depression and anxiety in 2005/06.

Well, I don't know about you but I was utterly shocked to read that you, as advisers, don't add anything to a protection sale. No, you didn't misread that, according to recently published research from the Pru, buying protection through an adviser doesn't...

The frightening news suggesting more than 1.7 million people in the UK will have dementia by 2051 indicates advisers should be doing more to encourage their clients to take out long-term care insurance.

Bright Grey has announced it is entering the individual corporate protection market towards the end of the year as part of a "natural step" in the firm's development.

Just Retirement has announced it is entering the protection market in July and has appointed Paul Cowman, head of protection at Prudential, to develop its product strategy.

I was settling into my aircraft seat recently - an exit row aisle seat so with a little extra legroom - when I noticed Gordon Brown coming in through the door.

Paymentshield is launching a mortgage payment protection insurance product in late summer, which is designed to incorporate the benefits of income protection.

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