Income Protection

My client is 42 and runs a consultancy in the oil industry. As a result he has to travel extensively, including contracts in dangerous and high disease risk countries such as Algeria, Sudan and Nigeria. He has already arranged international private medical...

The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has welcomed the FSA's exemption of Holloway protection products from the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) but said the ‘limited' concession does not go far enough.

Cirencester friendly has called on the government to play its part in supporting simple financial products by publicising those that already exist.

RGA actuary Greg Becker discusses the lessons that can be learnt from the South African protection market.

ICOBS is son of ICOB, but has it lived up to its expectations? Julie Pardy investigates

With sluggish sales, a tough economy and the government's reform of welfare provision, Owain Thomas writes that the timing is right for income protection to finally receive the level of attention it deserves

Mutual societies are locked in talks with the FSA over exempting Holloway-style protection policies, held by thousands of people, from the RDR's remuneration rules.

Six in ten Britons do not have any protection in place and a third would be forced to drastically cut back on living costs should they or the main breadwinner be unable to work, according to new research.

With the protection sector dominated by giants of the insurance world, Owain Thomas spoke to Cirencester friendly's Paul Hudson to hear a smaller provider's view

What could the recent spending review mean for the Health Insurance industry? Richard Walsh highlights likely scenarios.