Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier to the Ingard network for General Insurance.

Tens of thousands of consumers could be missing out on the most appropriate protection cover because networks continue to make it difficult for advisers to sell off panel, writes Ryan Fowler.

Scottish Widows has appointment Esther Dijsktra as its new head of intermediary protection propositions.

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander is celebrating after walking away with the title of GI Partner of the Year at the annual Simplybiz Group partnership event.

The Income Protection Task Force welcomes the recent spate of claims paid rates released by individual insurers which it believes will increase trust among the public following the PPI scandal.

Uinsure has enhanced its product range based on broker feedback, giving brokers access to its most competitive home insurance offering in its six year history.

Premiums for home buildings, contents and combined policies continued to fall dramatically over the first three months of 2012, despite an estimated cost to insurers of £1.2bn for last year's floods.

Positive Solutions, the UK's largest national independent financial advice firm, has signed a deal with LifeQuote to make its proposition available to all of its partners, writes Robyn Hall.

Women in their 30s typically insure themselves for almost a third less than their male counterparts, new figures from Scottish Provident have revealed.

Bright Grey is offering customers a year’s free critical illness cover when they apply for life cover under its personal protection menu to celebrate its 10th Birthday.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s complaints data on financial products places Payment Protection Insurance at the top of its most complained about list.

Select & Protect has made enhancements to its home insurance policy by increasing cover limits to a number of features on its Median product.

Well over a third (42%) of intermediaries see the rise of 'direct to consumer' propositions as the biggest challenge currently facing the protection market.

LV= is offering a 5% discount on its income protection and budget income protection range.

Source Insurance has released a free broker marketing toolkit.

Genworth has praised building societies for their use of the funding for lending scheme and their use of mortgage insurance products.

Next Intelligence has enhanced its protection proposition with the launch of three exclusive panel options.

CETA Insurance has scooped three awards at the prestigious West Oxfordshire Business Awards.

Scottish Provident’s Critical illness claims report released today reveals that it paid out over £94m to critical illness policyholders during 2012.

Providers of payment insurance products have reacted with mixed feelings over yesterday’s meeting to clarify guidance on the design and sale of PPI products.

Uinsure is celebrating the success of its commercial and non-standard insurance referral service by giving away a £10,000 holiday of a lifetime in Barbados.

The Financial Services Authority has fined three Lloyds Banking Group firms a total of £4,315,000 for failings in their systems and controls that resulted in up to 140,000 customers receiving delayed payment protection insurance redress.

The Protect Association has arranged to meet with the Financial Services Authority and the Office of Fair Trading to discuss their final guidance on protection products.

Kevin Paterson, former sales and marketing director at Assurant Intermediary, is joining rival firm The Source as managing director in early April.

Barclays has announced it will set aside a further £600m for payment protection insurance claims when it releases its full year results on 12 February.

Select & Protect has appointed former Financial Telemarketing Solutions managing director Neil Sullivan as its new sales and marketing director.