We are pleased to announce that in 2018 we paid 95.2% of claims, which totalled almost £4.8 million in benefit. Sadly, some claims were rejected for the following reasons; inability to either provide proof of earnings or medical evidence, no loss of earnings following the illness or injury and non-disclosure. Significantly, the most common reason [...]

We have designed our latest Webinars around selling Income Protection which is the product that your clients are least likely to have and yet are most likely to claim on. Our Webinars will help you understand how to position Income protection with your clients including some great sales techniques as well as find out about [...]

Legal & General are celebrating the people that deliver great financial protection* by introducing our Hero in the Middle competition**. Intermediaries make a real difference to people’s lives – going further to help clients get the financial protection they need. So if you or one of your colleagues is an intermediary Hero, we’d like to know. [...]

With Christmas now a distant memory, thoughts turn to the next event in the calendar, Valentine’s Day; a day where we show our appreciation for our significant other. Our latest giveaway, GI plays Cupid, will help give your loved one a Valentine's to remember and just one simple quotation can help you earn those all [...]

Say hello to our new, easy-to-use business protection toolkit - providing all the support and information you need, at your fingertips, to understand, discuss and write business protection. We'll be adding new support marterial, topical articles, news and thought leadership commentary - so remember to check the site regularly. We've also created the Vault. Your [...]

Buying a house can be stressful – dealing with solicitors, mortgage, packing, moving and the rest. Buying protection shouldn’t be – that’s why we’ve introduced our new Mortgage Plan, providing simple yet comprehensive mortgage protection. VitalityLife’s Mortgage Plan includes competitive life cover and comes with an option to add the new Serious Illness Protector, designed [...]

Protection take-up in the UK is very low. Our research shows that just 35% of people have life insurance, 12% have critical illness cover and 9% have income protection.* And yet many people recognise it would be beneficial to have some cover in place.* But when it comes to selling protection, we know you can typically run into some obstacles [...]

Making protection accessible to all   The number of people living with serious or multiple health conditions is increasing. Most people know someone who has been affected by a sudden disease or injury that changes everything – with conditions such as obesity, cancer or heart disease becoming more prevalent every year. We know how [...]

Welcome to this week's Protection Update. Please take the time to read through the update as there may be some information that is important to you. Included in this week's update: Register for Aviva's income protection webinars; The Exeter are making protection accessible to all; Royal London release tools and support to help you stay [...]