Protection

HMRC has confirmed medical reports requested by insurers for protection applications will remain exempt from VAT, saving insurers and consumers approximately £100m a year.

Introducing a non-contestability period into life and critical illness insurance policies will encourage preferred life underwriting and favour the healthy and wealthy, says Jon Briggs, protection research manager at Hargreaves Lansdown.

Liverpool Victoria has launched a free independent health assessment tool and lifestyle programme for protection policyholders to help them understand how to reduce their risk of poor health and disease.

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While thyroid disorders are relatively low risk, lack of control over the condition could cause problems for potential policyholders, reveals Daniel Patrick

Lifequote is launching a 'protection academy' in quarter two of 2007 which aims to close the protection gap by improving advisers' knowledge of products and competency skills.

I had to listen to the figure again, again and again. I had to read the numbers again, again and again. It couldn't really be true could it - city bonuses hitting £19bn with some young whizz kid traders netting millions in bonuses? But, yes, it appears...

Scottish Councils may have to refund £20m to pensioners who have been wrongly charged for assistance with meal preparation following legal advice on the free personal care legislation.

Friends Provident has announced Ian Jefferies, head of protection marketing, is leaving after 24 years at the company.