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...

Healthcare and protection insurer Exeter Family Friendly has announced it is to join the trade association representing healthcare and protection advisers and insurers, the Association...

Source Insurance have expanded their field based sales team with the addition of a new BDM.

iPipeline has unveiled the open market version of Solution Builder, its new intelligent quote tool, to all advisers working in the protection market.

Friends Life has announced that it is extending its Group Cancer Cover to companies with 50 employees or more.

The average person overpays on their life insurance premium by £109 a year – totaling £3,270 over a 30-year term.

The Financial Conduct Authority today announced plans to ban opt-out selling in financial services markets.