Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows is to re-enter the adviser protection market with a range of life and critical illness plans using the ‘Protect' name, COVER understands.

Toby Strauss, the chief executive of Scottish Widows, is to exit the group after four years.

Johnny Timpson, financial protection technical industry affairs manager at Scottish Widows Protect, talks about why you should attend the Cover Summit on 1st October 2015.

Alan Lakey discusses why advisers should pay closer attention to the differences in children's cover offered by insurers

Scottish Widows has published its individual direct protection claims stats, which show that over £190 million was paid out in life and critical illness claims in 2014.

Eight out of ten Britons consider broadband essential, compared to just under four in ten (39%) who consider protection to be essential, a survey has found.

Alan Lakey picks holes in the insurer practice of 'condition counting' in critical illness policies.

Scottish Widows' Johnny Timpson tells Fiona Murphy the protection sector must do more to demostrate its value and explains how the industry can fill the gaps in welfare provision

Scottish Widows has revealed it is planning to offer protection policies via wrap accounts as the firm makes strides on its return to the adviser market next year.

Rhys Williams works with providers on client engagement, a subject that, Paul Robertson finds, has rather a lot of adviser overlap.