Welfare reform
Individual Protection
LifeSearch has revealed it arranged £4bn worth of cover and saw a 10% increase in the number of under 35-year-olds who took out protection products last year.
22 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Unum has warned that the Welfare Reform Bill will mean benefits are harder to come by while the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) claims reforms are unfair to the sick.
18 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Disability campaigners have hit back at government plans that will see banks pay less than disabled people to cut the national deficit.
17 February 2011
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2 min read
Group Protection
The Government has announced an independent review into sickness absence in the workplace.
17 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
A third of incapacity benefit (IB) recipients being reassessed for Employment and Support Allowance are being found too sick to work at all, according to government statistics.
11 February 2011
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1 min read
Income Protection
Cancer sufferers awaiting chemotherapy and those between courses will now be treated the same as patients already receiving treatment when claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
10 February 2011
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1 min read
Income Protection
Employees do not understand the level of financial support they would be entitled to if they were unable to work due to sickness, new research has revealed.
02 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
The new ESA statistics are being abused but, says Owain Thomas, they could spur IP sales.
28 January 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Sickness benefit claimants are ‘not well prepared' for Work Capability Assessments (WCA) that decide their eligibility, an investigation has revealed.
20 December 2010
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2 min read
Income Protection
Benefit claimants who refuse to take up the offer of a training course could have their payments stopped, according to government plans.
09 December 2010
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2 min read
