Critical Illness

Merging income tax and National Insurance (NI) would dramatically reduce pension saving and private protection take-up, Jelf Employee Benefits has warned.

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have sought to clarify breast cancer cover from critical illness (CI) providers following recent changes made to their definitions.

The protection industry has made progress in communicating with consumers but more needs to be done and now maybe the time for product innovation, Swiss Re has said.

Income protection (IP) sales have continued to slide despite an overall rise in the volume of term assurance products sold, according to Swiss Re.

Legal & General has raised its medical evidence limits for life and critical illness (CI) cover.

The protection sector has a "colossal opportunity" to expand after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) but many IFAs lack protection knowledge and those that do have it do not use it, according to new research.

Scottish Provident and Bright Grey have amended their critical illness products to include five new definitions and two reclassifications of conditions.

Unum has ceased writing new business in the individual critical illness (CI) market.

I treat life and critical illness as fairly commoditised products for perfectly healthy people aged under 35. Can I do more to help them in this area?

With changes afoot in the critical illness market, Owain Thomas asks if its time for the sector to put aside its differences and move forward