Protection Watch: Kevin Carr's verdicts on five recent developments

Start me up Protection sales got off to a good start in 2016, according to research from Equifax Touchstone. Figures for the first quarter of the year stood at £118.4m, up £7.2m (6.5%) on the same period last year and £1.3m (1.1%) on the previous quarter. The data, which is collated from a range of protection insurers, found term assurance accounted for the largest portion of sales (39.2%), although mortgage term assurance sales saw the biggest decline, dropping 6.8%. Verdict: Positive lead   More more more New research suggests consumers want to see much more from protection i...