Protection

Over half of middle income households are vulnerable to losing their primary income, according new research.

Technology supplier Avelo has applauded the move to establish a statement of best practice for collecting online signatures by insurance providers.

Disabled people receiving the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be subject to regular reassessments and the majority of cases will be fixed-term payments.

LV= has announced its protection business grew 34% last year as part of strong overall results for the mutual.

The ABI has given its backing to the Treasury's simplified products proposal and highlighted the need for a government supported replacement to payment protection insurance (PPI).

HMRC will stage a series of open meetings to discuss the ‘substantial amount of work' remaining on the reclassifying protection business for providers under a new tax regime.

Simple protection products need baseline standards and a goverment recognised stamp of approval, according to the chairman of trade body Protect.

Life cover for women could rise by up to 30% after the announcement of a new tax structure for protection products and other recent industry developments, according to RGA.

Lifesearch has revealed it is considering entering the general insurance broker market.

The European Court of Justice ruling on gender has again been raised in Parliament.