Grieving clients could be missing out on thousands of pounds worth of state bereavement benefits, RGA has said.
Our protection detective gives his verdicts on five key developments in the industry this month.
People are reluctant to talk about how serious illness or a death in the family could affect their finances. Advisers can play a role in changing this mindset.
Protection complaints continued to rise during the year and have already breached last year's totals in some product areas.
Introducing gender-neutral rates will result in premium hikes for life insurance and critical illness (CI), HM Treasury has warned.
Pruprotect is launching an adviser based up-selling scheme to offer existing term assurance clients whole of life cover with no additional underwriting.
Britons are leaving mortgages worth £245bn unprotected, according to new research.
Half of co-habitating Britons do not have any life insurance and many could not afford a funeral if their partner or spouse died, new research has found.
What Kevin Carr made of developments in protection this month.
Protection and health insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) leapt sharply in the second three months of the year.