The London Institute of Banking & Finance has launched a new qualification for advising on protection products, the Certificate in Protection.

Aegon’s UK profits rose to £71m for the first half of 2020, driven by higher fee income from a growth in platform assets and improved protection earnings.

Insurers paid £90m over 7,000 life insurance claims to the families of people who died due to the Coronavirus pandemic between 1^st March and 31^st May 2020.

Protection sales were down 13% year on year for the second quarter of 2020, according to a new report.