IT is hard to plan for getting ill or losing your job but there are steps you can take to ensure you and your loved ones are looked after if the unexpected happens. Financial products such as life ...

What is income protection insurance? Income protection insurance is a policy that pays out if you're unable to work because of injury or illness. It pays out regularly to replace a portion of your ...

Nobody likes to think about bad things happening to them, so it should probably not be a surprise that many people fail to take out protection insurance that would help them or their family in the ...

The question of whether or not you need income protection insurance isn't likely to come up often, partly because we don't like to think about something going wrong, but also because it's all just a ...

AS millions have been unable to work due to coronavirus we take a look at what income protection is and whether it will protect you. Income protection insurance is a policy designed to help pay out if ...

Most advisers, certainly those in the protection market, as well as those operating with businesses, will remember when they first came across relevant life policies. It might be too much to say it ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Kevin Carr has had a long career in the insurance industry, and even he admits to stumbling into spending too ...

What is income protection insurance? IPI is a cover paying out as a regular monthly income from a deferred period after the incident up until a set age, which the claimant can decide. The aim is to ...

Advisers predict a marked increase in demand for health insurance, income protection and life-insurance products in 2025, according to The Exeter latest survey. Over half (51%) of advisers surveyed ...

Group and individual protection policies paid out a combined record of £7.34bn in claims in 2023, data from the Association of British Insurers and Group Risk Development shows. Individual policies ...