Protection

Friends Life has made two senior protection appointments including poaching Ageas' head of sales.

Lifesearch has bucked the trend of declining protection sales with a significant growth in business last year.

Sex is the only subject more taboo than finances for UK families as many find the conversations too awkward and uncomfortable, a new report has revealed.

The protection industry needs a "kick up the bum" and a "spark of passion" injected into it if it is to address the needs of modern consumers, the Protection Review has said.

Consumers increasingly appreciate the need for protection insurance when they are told about the limitations of state benefits, new research has found.

Protection complaints continued to rise during the year and have already breached last year's totals in some product areas.

Bright Grey has urged Britons to cut back on spending to help stabilise their finances and provide enough to secure a safety net for emergencies.

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.