IP Task Force addresses ESA with adviser roadshows

The roadshows are designed to educate IFAs on the need and importance of IP along with the high incidence rate and financial consequences of long term disability. IFAs can meet protection experts, and presentations by insurers and specialist consultants will aim to better equip advisers to increase their IP sales. As reported by COVER earlier this week, the Department for Work and Pensions announced plans to scrap the previous Incapacity Benefit in October and fully replace it with the often controversial and stricter ESA. The ESA was originally unveiled for new claimants only in l...