Income Protection

More than 11,000 benefit sanctions were imposed on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants between June last year and the end of May.

Holloway Friendly has appointed two new directors to its board taking the total number of people on the board to ten.

Consumer complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service(FOS) are still overwhelmingly linked to mis-sold payment protection insurance, with investment products sparking relatively few grievances.

LV= has revealed its protection new business increased 16% over the first six months of the year compared with the same period of 2010.

Fifty charities have hit out at the government for using ‘dangerously misleading' benefit claims statistics that are contributing to hatred towards disabled people.

The tale of the man who didn't lose enough limbs was a bad press day for critical illness cover but use it to explain to clients the importance of comprehensive protection advice.

Disability rights campaigners have hit out at a report by MPs which concluded the process used to decide claimants' eligibility for benefits is working well.

Only a quarter (24%) of people applying for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are found sick or disabled enough to be awarded the benefit, according to latest government statistics.

The modest-sized British Friendly has giant plans for the IP market. Its CEO Mark Myers reveals all to Paul Robertson

Consumers are becoming more confident in shunning specialist financial advice and purchasing financial products online, according to new research.