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Podcasts

Richard Walsh: Divorce – Adviser Support is Vital

20 Oct 2020

Kara Gammell’s recent article pointed out that since the nationwide lockdown was enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19, Co-op Legal Services said it had seen a 42% increase in divorce […]

PA360: Why IFAs should offer protection to clients

12 Oct 2020

Paul Brooks: The need for income protection is clearer than ever

06 Oct 2020

More than half think income protection is ‘unimportant’

24 Sep 2020

Vitality simplifies life proposition and enhances benefits

16 Sep 2020

‘Income first’ toolkit launched by The Exeter

14 Sep 2020

Kara Gammell: How to protect yourself when renting.

20 Aug 2020

Last week, my friend Kate got her dream job in Suffolk. Naturally we celebrated her success together, and after the bubbly started flowing, we found ourselves on Rightmove, looking for […]

Reliance on bank of mum and dad growing: L&G

02 Sep 2020

Aviva launches Covid-19 income protection rehab support

01 Sep 2020

Is protection part of your regular chats with clients?

26 Aug 2020

Government pledges millions for social prescribing to tackle mental and physical impact of pandemic

24 Aug 2020

Unemployment cover to make a comeback in 2021 after ‘temporary’ downturn this year

19 Aug 2020

RedArc MD Christine Husbands: Fewer claims ‘is not a good thing’ – especially now

20 Aug 2020

Protection providers ‘paid out almost £1m every day’ at height of COVID-19 pandemic

13 Aug 2020

Income protection now tops wish-list of ‘a quarter’ of workers as a result of COVID-19

12 Aug 2020

Richard Walsh: Changing employment patterns mean new challenges for IP advisers

11 Aug 2020

Before Covid the UK workforce had already changed considerably. Earlier this year the BRHG hosted a very interesting discussion from Ben Glover an author of the DEMOS (www.demos.co.uk) report on […]

How to make IP more relatable to clients – tip #9

18 Aug 2020

Protection Watch: Indexation and lead generation under the spotlight

10 Aug 2020

How to make IP relatable more to clients – Tip #8

10 Aug 2020

Kara Gammell is interviewed on Radio 4’s You & Yours programme

07 Aug 2020

Freelance journalist Kara Gammell was recently interviewed on Radio 4’s You & Yours programme. She mentioned the IPTF in the interview which you can listen to in full here (Kara’s […]

Partner Insight: Income protection gap puts renters at risk

07 Aug 2020

Better protection discussions will emerge from the pandemic

07 Aug 2020

‘Like-for-like’ protection sales decline during Q2

05 Aug 2020

Self-employed: Less than one in 10 protect income

04 Aug 2020

How to make IP more relatable to your clients – tip #7

03 Aug 2020

Protection Guru: Making Income Protection add up for teachers

29 Jul 2020

After four months of home schooling during the Coronavirus lockdown, the pressure on teachers is mounting. Tasked with getting children safely back into school to catch up – thereby getting […]

Gig working set to be the norm for most European workforces, Aon research shows

28 Jul 2020

More than a third of office workers want COVID-19 test or vaccine before going back to workplace

27 Jul 2020

Industry must improve treatment of people with mental illness – Mental Health UK

31 Jul 2020

How to make IP more relatable to clients – tip #6

27 Jul 2020

Government calls for more opinions on future of IPT

24 Jul 2020

How protection cover has changed since Covid-19

22 Jul 2020

Housing market sees ‘mini boom’ as stamp duty holiday kicks in

20 Jul 2020

How to make IP more relatable to clients – tip #5

20 Jul 2020

Building financial resilience for the self-employed – an interactive guide

20 Jul 2020

Clients struggle to afford insurance premiums

14 Jul 2020

Holloway Friendly reintroduces four-week deferred IP

14 Jul 2020

How to make IP more relatable to clients – tip #4

13 Jul 2020

Advisers urged to signpost protection customers

09 Jul 2020

Now is the time to speak with clients about protection plans

09 Jul 2020

Monica Garcia: How is Covid-19 likely to impact IP claims?

09 Jul 2020

Roy McLoughlin: Is it time for IFAs to start signposting protection?

08 Jul 2020

Protection Guru: How to compare Income Protection to state benefits

06 Jul 2020

As people that work within the protection industry we are all well aware of the financial impact could be if a client fell ill and was unable to work. As […]

How to make IP more relatable to clients – tip #3

06 Jul 2020

Industry bodies call to extend Universal Credit disregard to renters

02 Jul 2020

How to make the most of protection claims stats

01 Jul 2020

Kara Gammell: Why real-life stories matter more than statistics alone

16 Jun 2020

It’s been more than 15 years since the protection industry started publishing statistics which show how many successful claims are made each year. Yet, although the most recent figures from […]

THE STORIES BEHIND INCOME PROTECTION CLAIMS

30 Jun 2020

How to make IP more relatable to clients – tip #2

29 Jun 2020

Renting or buying? Income protection fit for the future

29 Jun 2020

Mortgage? Rental? – Let’s keep things simple Aviva Protection Propositions Manager Julie Higman We have all seen our lives dramatically impacted in the first half of 2020 due to the […]

How to talk about income protection

26 Jun 2020

Keeping Protection: Help clients keep their valuable protection during hard financial times

11 Jun 2020

How income protection has ‘held its value

10 Jun 2020

Protection Watch: Yes, protection does cover Covid-19

10 Jun 2020

Swiss Re: ‘Excellent’ IP sales alongside 2019 life and CI growth

03 Jun 2020

Four areas where COVID-19 is driving innovation

02 Jun 2020

Amount of men seeking IP reaches ‘record high’

02 Jun 2020

Matthew Chapman’s 12 rules for protecting income

01 Jun 2020

Holloway Friendly partners with HCB to speed up claims

01 Jun 2020

Aviva resumes face-to-face screenings and makes underwriting changes

29 May 2020

Income protection market predicted to shrink 25%

29 May 2020

Square Health to resume face-to-face screenings

28 May 2020

UK deaths up almost 60,000 – ONS

27 May 2020

Average IP claimant ‘just 34’ – The Exeter

27 May 2020

British kids think an average home costs £1,000

26 May 2020

Martin Shaw: A time for small acts of kindness

21 May 2020

‘Dramatic’ spike in under-25 IP enquiries

20 May 2020

Protection Guru: Fracture cover – Helping consumers with short term income loss

13 May 2020

Suffering a fracture can lead to unforeseen financial stress particularly for those who have physically demanding occupations. Fractures can make it difficult or even impossible for clients to work for […]

Govt. extends furlough scheme by four months

12 May 2020

Kara Gammell: the value of added value services

06 May 2020

After six full weeks in lock down with a six year old, I’ve stopped counting how many times I have shouted: “Be careful! This is NOT the time for us […]

Protection Watch: Coronavirus roundup

04 May 2020

COVID-19 drives spike in digital health service usage

30 Apr 2020

Andrew Wibberley: A month in underwriting

30 Apr 2020

Richard Walsh: Coronavirus – Welfare or IP?

17 Apr 2020

A few weeks ago when Italy was at the centre of the current lockdown, and we were waiting our turn, the Guardian published a powerful letter by the Italian author […]

Which protection networks are offering COVID-19 support?

28 Apr 2020

What are protection advisers’ key concerns during COVID-19?

28 Apr 2020

Mutuals put their money where their mouth is with £26m IP claims spend in 2019

27 Apr 2020

British Friendly makes three key underwriting changes

27 Apr 2020

Why less GP reports should not stall protection policies

27 Apr 2020

Anorak teams up with rental app to offer IP

24 Apr 2020

HCB develops tele-triage service for IP claims

20 Apr 2020

Richard Walsh:ABI asked to issue guidance on index linking for IP

25 Sep 2019

  At the last IPTF meeting we had a discussion about index linking of IP insurance and its effect on premiums and you will have seen the Cover article and […]

The Minimum Benefit Guarantee – A Safety net for Income Protection plans

02 Apr 2020

Changes in working patterns is causing greater fluctuations in individuals’ income during their careers. Workers are increasingly making career moves or switching to part-time roles as they grow older, which […]

Taking an intergenerational approach to protection

01 Apr 2020

Will Covid-19 prompt a protection revival among IFAs?

01 Apr 2020

Cirencester Friendly removes short deferred IP

31 Mar 2020

Holloway Friendly stops offering one week and four week IP

31 Mar 2020

British Friendly removes day one and week one IP

30 Mar 2020

Tracey Clarke: ‘We regret cancelling our IP policy’

27 Mar 2020

PDG calls for industry collaboration during coronavirus

24 Mar 2020

Do you remember Seven Families? Mental health video

23 Mar 2020

iPipeline reports recent IP sales spike due to coronavirus

19 Mar 2020

L&G tweaks IP due to coronavirus

23 Mar 2020

Coronavirus: Income protection round-up

18 Mar 2020

Protection Guru: Coronavirus Microsite

18 Mar 2020

To help advisers get to grips with the fast moving COVID-19 situation and the impact this is having on protection, we have created pages dedicated to answering the questions you […]

How to refer your protection client

17 Mar 2020

Alan Knowles joins IPTF executive committee

12 Mar 2020

Health insurance industry relieved by Budget

11 Mar 2020

The future of IP: Looking ahead into 2020 and beyond

10 Mar 2020

Coronavirus: ‘Alternative evidence’ being considered for IP claims

05 Mar 2020

Coronavirus: Income protection enquires ‘spike’

03 Mar 2020

How IP is poised to protect the rental market

02 Mar 2020

Kara Gammell: How to protect yourself when you work in the gig economy

06 Feb 2020

Do you work for yourself? Do you get paid by many different sources, rather than just one big client? If you answered yes, then you are one of the 10 […]

How the industry is meeting the needs of the gig economy

26 Feb 2020

Protection platform for gig workers raises £3.3m

25 Feb 2020

Aegon offers health and wellbeing service to protection advisers

24 Feb 2020

AFM becomes associate member of IPTF

24 Feb 2020

Protection Brief: Report data fairly to evolve industry

20 Feb 2020

L&G makes changes to income protection

18 Feb 2020

Martin Shaw: What will Brexit mean for UK life insurance?

14 Feb 2020

We need to boost insurance take-up by Jeff Prestridge

14 Feb 2020

Income Protection Task Force returns to Seven Families campaign

12 Feb 2020

IPTF launches new Seven Families campaign

11 Feb 2020

Tom Baigrie: Don’t fob people off, refer them

10 Feb 2020

Angela Davidson: How to integrate additional services into protection conversations

05 Feb 2020

iPipeline and Protection Guru partner for product comparison

30 Jan 2020

Users of iPipeline’s SolutionBuilder service will be able to compare additional services, such as GP access, counselling and fracture cover and second medical opinion, for up to five policies at […]

Rental protection: Which insurers offer it and how?

29 Jan 2020

Brits increasingly exposed to ‘sick pay gap’

29 Jan 2020

Income protection: What’s next for rehabilitation?

28 Jan 2020

iPipeline: Protection sales grow almost 70% during Q4

24 Jan 2020

Gig economy workers risking financial disaster

22 Jan 2020

Protection industry unites for signposting agreement

21 Jan 2020

Maps produces financial wellbeing strategy to deliver national goals

21 Jan 2020

Saving IP: Fifteen years of the Income Protection Task Force

20 Jan 2020

Richard Walsh: 2020 – All change for private renters

08 Jan 2020

The Conservative manifesto promised a better deal for the many families in the private rented sector. It contained four key promises – abolish no fault evictions; a lifetime deposit which […]

Kara Gammell: Your website needs to be accessible – anything else is just bad business

03 Jan 2020

You are probably already aware of the important role that your website plays in bringing new customers to your business, but it is all too easy to overlook online accessibility. Have you ever considered how your […]

Tom Baigrie says Protection has realised doing good boosts sales

31 Dec 2019

Justifications for index-linking

03 Dec 2019

COVER named Income Protection Champion of the Year

21 Nov 2019

Kara Gammell: HOW IP and CI complement each other

29 Oct 2019

By Kara Gammell How long would your savings last if you became unwell and could no longer work for an extended period of time? The average working adult has enough […]

Andrew Wibberley: Ratings, exclusions and the customer

15 Oct 2019

A few years ago now I was lucky to learn how to underwrite from a collection of experienced heads that form a key part of anyone’s apprenticeship. A fundamental part […]

The consequences of lying by Kara Gammell

19 Sep 2019

Lying. Let’s face it – we’ve all done it. Some of us more than others, but no one is immune to a bit of dishonesty from time to time. Sometimes […]

ABI calls for Universal Credit vs income protection clarification

27 Sep 2019

Missed opportunities in income protection by Kathryn Knowles

25 Sep 2019

Rental protection product rolled out by L&G following pilot

24 Sep 2019

£400m potential of untapped rental market

24 Sep 2019

Universal credit puts home savers at risk of financial catastrophe

24 Sep 2019

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Andrew Wibberley considers Income Protection and mental health

31 Oct 2018

Income Protection and mental health are very closely linked. Mental health is one of the top two causes for IP claims at all insurers, and should be part of the […]

Appeal for insurance industry to join in on Purple Tuesday

17 Sep 2019

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Protection Watch: Kevin Carr’s verdicts on recent developments

21 May 2019