Young Adults Planning Without a State Pension Still Need to Consider Protection
A BBC report on younger adults planning for an uncertain retirement prompts a wider question: how should protection fit into early financial planning?
Protection Payout Reporting Highlights the Value of Keeping Policies Findable
As insurers report annual protection payouts, families are being reminded that a valid policy still needs to be found and claimed.
Changing Jobs Can Quietly Change a Family’s Life Cover
A busy summer employment market is a reminder that workplace protection can disappear or change when someone moves jobs.
Cancer Survival Progress Does Not Remove the Financial Shock of Diagnosis
New cancer data provides reasons for optimism while highlighting why serious illness can remain a major financial event for working-age families.
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Long-Term Sickness Keeps Household Financial Resilience in Focus
Labour-market data on long-term sickness is a reminder that life insurance alone does not protect an income while someone remains alive but unable to…
Claims Clock Puts Thousands of Protection Payouts in View
Industry claims reporting has translated annual payouts into a ‘claims clock’, showing how frequently protection policies support families after death or serious illness.
Pension Death-Benefit Changes Put Estate Planning Under Review
Families are reviewing pensions, wills and life cover ahead of planned changes to the inheritance-tax treatment of unused pension funds and death benefits.
61% of UK Adults Worry About Cancer Diagnosis as Protection Gap Remains
New protection-market research suggests cancer remains a leading financial fear, making it important to understand exactly when critical illness cover pays.