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Royal London has expanded its signature-free beneficiary nomination, an alternative to setting up a plan trust, to its whole of life plans. The feature was introduced on personal menu plans for individual...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has updated its minimum standards for critical illness (CI) policies that must be adopted by all insurers offering these products. Changes have been made to how...

Aviva is extending the cover it offers under individual critical illness (CI) policies including cancer, dementia and mental health disorders. The insurer is understood to be the first to use the Association...

Zurich has launched family income cover for new policies which provides a monthly income instead of a lump sum payment that is paid out for the remaining policy term. The feature is...

A KKR-led consortium of financial investors' bid to buy Ramsay Health Care appears to have proven unsuccessful after it was unable to improve the terms of its offer. Last month Health &...

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) and Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) have published a joint statement which appears to bring to an end the year-long dispute between the bodies. The organisations said they...

  In Bupa's latest workplace Health and Wellbeing Academy for small businesses Piers Linney, award winning entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den investor, was joined by a panel of experts to discuss ways...

AIG has overhauled its children’s critical illness (CI) coverage by introducing a cut-down core level of cover for children within its Your Life plan. The changes, as revealed by CIExpert, mean its...

Allianz Partners has appointed Tomas Kunzmann as CEO. Kunzmann (pictured) took up his post on 1 July and succeeds Sirma Boshnakova, who was appointed board member of Allianz SE earlier this year....

AIG has priced the initial public offering of life and retirement business Corebridge Financial at US$21 per share. In a statement the insurer revealed it expected trading to begin on 15 September,...