Protection

LV= has changed its underwriting rules to allow more applications to receive an immediate online decision.

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added protection specialist, Engage Mutual Assurance, to its protection panel.

IFAs are increasingly positive about the protection market's prospects for 2012, according to a new survey.

An industry expert has called for greater engagement by the protection industry to prevent regulation of payment protection insurance (PPI) hurting the protection market.

The government has begun consulting on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor after a European Court of Justice ruling said providers could not charge different premiums to men and women because of their sex.

Aviva has been reprimanded over its "Downton Abbey" sponsorship idents after media regulator Ofcom decided they broke advertising rules.

Disability and working age benefits will rise by 5.2% next year, the Chancellor has announced.

Shareholders in Resolution Ltd are expected to block any further acquisitions other than life businesses by the company under new rules to be confirmed in January.

Advisers across the health and protection sector have been divided over the unveiling of a new Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) qualification for the market.

Brokers have been warned to ensure that proper internal controls are in place to tackle a rise in simple but potentially business-threatening fraud.