Welfare reform

Employers are increasingly concerned about the potential impact of the government's review of sickness benefits, according to new research.

Work Capability Assessments (WCA) for those claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are to be made ‘fairer' and ‘more effective' following an independent review.

With the protection sector dominated by giants of the insurance world, Owain Thomas spoke to Cirencester friendly's Paul Hudson to hear a smaller provider's view

Has the government's long awaited spending review focused the publics' mind on protection and health insurance to any meaningful degree, and do you think the industry will capitalise on it?

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

Protection is unlikely to join the national employment savings trust (NEST) project following a meeting between Government representatives and counterparts from the group risk industry.

Canada Life and the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) are launching a series of free seminars for advisers aimed at growing the group income protection (GIP) market.

Gen Re has backed a community rated income protection (IP) product to compliment state benefits and called on the industry to add its support to the proposal.

It's a pleasant change to think positively about the direction of the protection market and to identify a significant opportunity for advisers.

COVER's editor, Paul Robertson, is relishing the Government bashing kiddies and grannies.