PPI

Bronek Masojada, the chief executive of Hiscox has called for a separate trade body to represent the interests of general insurance from those of the life and savings sector.

Paymentshield has launched a payment protection insurance, IncomeShield, which protects any financial outgoings.

The FSA has published a series of measures to protect consumers buying payment protection insurance(PPI).

Lloyds Banking Group has stopped selling payment protection insurance (PPI) after declaring the product no longer "economical" for the business.

Mortgage brokers are becoming increasingly reliant on the protection market to survive and are calling for unemployment cover to become standard on income protection (IP), according to new research.

At the time of writing it has certainly been a season of manifestos.

Which? has endorsed income protection (IP) as the superior alternative to payment protection insurance (PPI).

The FSA has extended by five months the time customers can make complaints to the Ombudsman over purchasing payment protection insurance(PPI).

The number of unresolved complaints against IFAs referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) fell 1% last year, compared to a 2% rise in disputes against banks.

The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally banned the selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) at the point-of-sale, following a legal challenge from Barclays.