Income Protection

Cirencester friendly paid 94% of its valid income protection (IP) claims totalling £2.7m in 2010 and reiterated its call for other providers follow suit.

A third of incapacity benefit (IB) recipients being reassessed for Employment and Support Allowance are being found too sick to work at all, according to government statistics.

Protection and medical insurance complaints are on course for a significant drop in volume during 2010/11, according to the latest statistics released by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

Cancer sufferers awaiting chemotherapy and those between courses will now be treated the same as patients already receiving treatment when claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).

Women are increasing their earning power but less likely than men to have financial protection should they suddenly be unable to work, according to new research.

Some protection and private medical insurance (PMI) providers could be forced to immediately close to new business on 1 March when a European Court decision on gender underwriting is announced.

Aviva has unveiled its protection TV advertising campaign. Is this the chink of light that the industry needs to maximise consumer awareness and engagement, and will it prompt further moves by insurers either individually or collectively?

Unum has launched the UK's first fully fledged group risk scheme that can be fully funded by employee contributions alone.

Ben Heffer provides Paul Robertson with an insight into the workings behind Defaqto and an analysis of the market's future

Employees do not understand the level of financial support they would be entitled to if they were unable to work due to sickness, new research has revealed.