Protection, investment and pensions provider LV= paid out close to £137m in personal protection claims in 2024.

Carlton Hood has been appointed CEO of protection provider Guardian from 1 May.

Wealth advisers want to write protection business but say they need help demonstrating the need for protection, according to a survey conducted at the recent Consumer Duty Alliance Protection Forum.

More than one in five adults (22%) who took unplanned leave in 2023 due to injury were not paid during their absence, a major new study has uncovered.