No. of providers to remain stable

It is unlikely that there will be an increase in the number of providers in the protection market in the next year, according to COVER's online poll. Nearly 82% of respondents said that the number would decrease or stay the same against 18.2%, who said that the number of providers would increase. For this month's poll, COVER asks: Should the use of Activities of Daily Living be scrapped in favour of taking the ability to do own occupation into account? Vote now at www.covermagazine.co.uk.