Income Protection

Independent financial research company Defaqto has published an Income Protection review aiming to help advisers deliver customer-centred advice on income protection.

Three-quarters of people applying for the new Employment and Support Allowance programme (ESA) are being found fit for work.

Income protection insurance sales will increase in importance as a result of FSA scrutiny and the Spending Review the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has said.

Aviva has launched an online resource for advisers intended to smooth the application process for life, critical illness and income protection insurance.

Holloway Friendly Society has reduced broker liability through the introduction of tele medical underwriting on its Income Protection policies.

Alice suffered from anorexia in her teens and early 20s. She now has a partner with whom she shares a joint mortgage but also has some underlying mild depression.

LV= is offering a 5% discount on income protection for the rest of the year.

Almost four million Britons have less than six months worth of emergency financial provisions, according to new research.

Canada Life and the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) are launching a series of free seminars for advisers aimed at growing the group income protection (GIP) market.

Advisers are optimistic about the future of the income protection (IP) market despite overwhelmingly expecting fewer IFAs to be practising in the sector and fewer products being available, new research says.