Individual Protection

Mortgage module also enhanced

Finds Scottish Widows report

Missed help in income protection policies highlighted

A financial adviser who survived cancer three times has completed an expedition to the South Pole, in a bid to raise awareness of health issues and the importance of protection.

A financial planner who has survived cancer three times is to embark on an expedition to the South Pole to raise awareness of health issues and the importance of protection.

Mortgage adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has supported the launch of eKeeper's life assurance quotes service AssuranceKeeper.

Support services firm SimplyBiz is holding a dedicated 'protection awareness week' for advisers after it found "the protection gap is as much of a problem now as it has ever been".

Research business Defaqto has added whole-of-life protection policies to its star ratings service.

Nigel Hatt looks at the protection opportunities for those in danger of breaching the lifetime allowance.

The lifetime allowance drops to £1.25m in April ushering in a whole new protection regime. Mike Morrison asks whether it is always right to take up this protection.