employment support allowance

MPs have launched an enquiry into the migration from Incapacity Benefits to Employment Support Allowance (ESA), including the Work Capability Assessment (WCA).

British workers are among the worst protected among their peers in the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and government incentives should address it, according to a new report.

The new ESA statistics are being abused but, says Owain Thomas, they could spur IP sales.

The health insurance and protection markets have reacted with cautious optimism to the government's spending review.

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants will be limited to one year of benefit payments for those expected to prepare to return to work, the Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

LV= is offering a 5% discount on income protection for the rest of the year.

Sickness and disability benefit claims problems are seeing a huge surge in volumes, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB).

Citizen's Advice has criticised George Osborne's targeting of sickness benefits in a summer spending review aimed at cutting the £155bn deficit.

Advisers are missing out on the opportunities to sell income protection (IP) presented by the new fit note and Welfare Reform Act, research suggests.