Protection Watch: Kevin Carr's verdicts on five recent developments

  'Seven Families' boosting protection sales London & Country has reported a 3% increase in income protection sales - which the company partly attributes to greater awareness and adviser conversations following the 'Seven Families' campaign. Sales director Michael Aldridge said: "Our advisers are fully aware of the campaign and are pro-actively using it in conversations with clients to highlight the benefits and positive impact protection, and specifically income protection, can have. "When the campaign officially kicked off in the last quarter of 2014, we pulled up the stats from t...