Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has today announced continued growth in protection activity and commission levels over the course of the last 12 months.

First Complete has launched a full panel of Private Medical Insurance providers in addition to its protection panel.

Paradigm Protect, the protection proposition for advisory firms, has today announced a new introducer relationship with health insurance advice firm ActiveQuote.

77% of consumers aren't aware of the current strong rate of pay outs for protection policies, according to research from Aegon.

Mutual income protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has released its claims statistics for 2014, confirming a headline figure that 94% of all claims received were paid.

Further changes and consolidation in the GI market in recent weeks saw Santander withdraw from the intermediary GI market stating that they wanted to focus on their mortgage...

Mental health issues are the cause of nearly 20% of income protection claims according to Legal & General, nearly double that of cancer which accounts for 12%.

Aviva has launched a new protection system to provide advisers with a "user-friendly, interactive and intuitive way" to help clients get tailored protection cover.

Holloway Friendly has teamed up with financial services software company ifapps to launch an accessible way of buying illness-specific critical illness - a unique breast cancer support...

Friends Life has revealed that for the first time it paid out more in critical illness claims than for life insurance. In 2014 it paid £122 million in critical illness claims – £1...