An industry-wide survey has shown a notable increase in those who believe commission will disappear in the protection industry.

Surveys suggest only around 1 in 10 UK employees have income protection insurance, yet as Which? says ‘The one protection policy every working adult in the UK should consider is the very one most of us don't have - income protection'.

An insurance regulation expert has said the newly-formed regulator looks set to "speedily chuck out" failed industry individuals, following the HBOS report condemnation of the FSA's slow enforcement action.

Results of advice firm investment into online presence and technology-based propositions has been "extremely mixed", Tenet has reported.

Providers have welcomed the government's statutory sick pay increase, but warned against "woefully" high rates of unprotected families as welfare cuts continued.

The health and social care body NICE has opened consultation on draft guidance to help people stop smoking in secondary care, with a focus on acute mental health services and maternity.

Half of protection intermediaries have foreseen rising D2C propositions as the biggest threat to business.

Awareness of mental ill health in the workplace has increased significantly, but there is still work to be done, a British Journal of Psychiatry paper has shown.

LV= is offering a 5% discount on all income protection to stimulate adviser sales.

A protection products aggregator for advisers and online distributors has launched a universal application for protection insurance.