Protection

Progress from Royal Liver has produced a guide for advisers to help them explain to consumers what they are and are not buying when they purchase critical illness cover.

Only one in four people believe they are adequately protected if they lose the main income from their household, according to a report by Scottish Widows.

Advisers have a great part to play in ensuring consumers answer underwriting questions truthfully, according to Matt Rann, group underwriting and claims manager at Aegon UK.

Since I moved to Edinburgh nearly fourteen years ago I've spent a good deal of time on aeroplanes travelling backwards and forwards to London. Over the years you learn things about UK domestic travel.

The Financial Services Authority is investigating the payment protection insurance selling practices of 10 firms with a view to taking enforcement action.

Supermarkets are a useful distribution channel in the protection industry because people trust the brands and are encouraged to buy products, according to speakers on IFAonline.tv's Great Protection Debate .

threesixty has launched a special risks insurance support service through a deal with The Insurance Surgery, and which effectively sees the firm move into introducing.

The issue of long-term care funding was brought into the spotlight again this week after a report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection criticised the standard of home care services.

Over one fifth of advisers place less than one tenth of their protection business in trust, according to research from Standard Life.

Almost every day I see an article and comments from one sector or another stating that the solution to our ills is education for consumers on the need for protection policies.