Protection

Aviva recorded a 21% jump in operating profit in the first half of the year, with the insurer declaring 6% dividend increase.

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.

British employees are leaving themselves woefully unprotected financially in the event that something unpredictable happens leaving them unable to work, according to new research.

Fallout from the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) could mean more advisers will specialise in protection, according to this year's Protection Review survey.

The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) will meet Treasury officials to further explore its offer to play a significant role in assisting the Government's welfare reforms.

The Government's proposed new regulatory structure is nothing more than a "cosmetic" exercise that will not make a grain of difference, Lansons director of regulatory consulting Richard Hobbs says.

The results to COVER's June poll were pretty decisive, and now we're asking for your views on another of the protection market's pressing issues.

The FSA says it needs more time to consider the costs and benefits of introducing professional requirements for advisers selling pure protection.

Resolution has bought Axa's UK protection business as part of a deal for the whole of its Life organisation worth £2.75bn.

Clarity Financial Solutions has launched a new ‘broker to broker' protection deal for mortgage intermediaries.