income protection Archive

  • What is the Purpose of Using a PPI Agent?

    What is the Purpose of Using a PPI Agent?

    The primary role of a PPI agent is to provide service to his customers, no matter whether the agent is online or at your door. This means explaining all the various types of protection policies that are available and the differences between the various covers and policy options. If the customer understands the covers that are being offered and the prices are competitive for the cover, then the agent has fulfilled his function.

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  • Public Sector Employees Facing Redundancy Should Consider Unemployment Insurance

    Public Sector Employees Facing Redundancy Should Consider Unemployment Insurance

    With the recession officially over and 0.5 percent growth in the last quarter of 2009 you might be fooled in believing that unemployment is a thing of the past. The grim truth is that every day up and down the country people are still losing...

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  • A History of UK Unemployment Insurance

    A History of UK Unemployment Insurance

    Unemployment Insurance has hit the headlines recently, mostly due to a rise in demand due to the recession, but also due to misselling of payment protection accident, sickess and unemployment insurance and the subsequent flood of claims. As a concept the first type of Unemployment...

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  • There’s a lot more to Health Insurance than just Medical Costs!

    There’s a lot more to Health Insurance than just Medical Costs!

    So what’s left for the IFA’s to sell us then? Mortgages – only if you’ve got 30% to put down! Life Insurance – people are only looking to downsize covers! Loans? You’ll be lucky! PPI a product that should be selling well during the current...

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  • Should Obscene Domains be Banned by Nominet?

    Should Obscene Domains be Banned by Nominet?

    At Insuranceblog we own many insurance domains bought through the UK registrar and trust Nominet. We found this press release today from a UK Income Protection Insurance Company who have been having trouble registering their company domain with Nominet, and whilst trying to do so...

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  • Accident and Sickness Insurance for the Self Employed

    Accident and Sickness Insurance for the Self Employed

    Accident and Sickness Insurance For the Self Employed If you are just starting out in business or have been self employed for some time you should consider protecting not just yourself, but also your home and family against the possibility of you having an accident...

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  • Mis-Sold Payment Protection Insurance? Claim It Back Now!

    Mis-Sold Payment Protection Insurance? Claim It Back Now!

    Have You Been Mis-Sold Payment Protection Insurance? If you took out a loan, mortgage or credit card from a bank or building society in the UK the chances are that you were mis-sold payment protection insurance or PPI as it is often known. The law...

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  • What a bunch of Bankers! UK Banks challenge PPI ruling

    What a bunch of Bankers! UK Banks challenge PPI ruling

    Feelings are running high this morning in the Payment Protection Market and the consumer pressure groups with news that Barclays and Lloyds TSB are challenging the Competition Commission’s ruling to ban the sale of Payment Protection Insurance at the time of sale of a loan...

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  • iProtect assure Income Protection Insurance clients are covered for Swine Flu

    iProtect assure Income Protection Insurance clients are covered for Swine Flu

    Specialist provider of lifestyle insurance and income payment protection insurance products, iProtectinsurance.com have today not only assured their existing customers that they are covered for swine flu and it’s after effects, but have also issued a rallying cry to those worried about whether they are...

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  • Income Protection Insurance

    Income Protection Insurance

    Income Protection Insurance This insurance covers your income with a monthly tax free benefit should you become unemployed or suffer an accident or sickness. Also known as income insurance, income protection and lifestyle insurance you pay a monthly premium for an assured monthly payout of...

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  • RBS to shed 4,500 jobs over next two years

    RBS to shed 4,500 jobs over next two years

    RBS has begun consulting Unite and other employee representatives about a business plan for its back office operations that will regrettably involve job losses, 4,500 of which being UK based. The plan could affect up to 9,000 Group Manufacturing roles globally, including 4,500 in the...

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  • New face for the High Street as Unemployment worsens

    New face for the High Street as Unemployment worsens

    We hope you had a good Christmas and everyone at Insurance Blog hopes you fare better in the New Year!But looking at the news and the statistical analysis, it looks like ‘Things can only get…..worse.Yesterday the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development predicted that unemployment...

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  • UK Unemployment Figures Highest Since 1997

    UK Unemployment Figures Highest Since 1997

    The official umemployment figures have just been released and show that unemployment has risen to 1.86 million for the first time in eleven years or since Mr Blair’s New Labour came into office to form the current government.The analysis shows that the worst hit areas...

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  • Income Protection – Caveat Emptor

    Income Protection – Caveat Emptor

    Insurance Blog regular contributor and UK Insurance Guru, Paul Magus, has written a very interesting article for those thinking of purchasing Income Protection Insurance in the modern economic environment…. “If you are afraid of becoming unemployed or are thinking about purchasing Income Protection Insurance in...

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