Individual Protection

Insurtech firm UnderwriteMe has added AIG's Instant Life insurance products on its protection platform system. UnderwriteMe director of sales Phil Nash, said: "I'm delighted that we're further consolidating our relationship with AIG...

Life insurance provider DeadHappy has explained how it worked with TV advertising governing body Clearcast over a new campaign carrying the slogan 'Please Die Responsibly'. To ensure the ads do not fall...

Trade bodies the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) and Group Risk Development (Grid) have combined to produce a guide to business protection. The has been produced to explain some of the people...

AIG Life and Retirement has promoted Tim Heslin to president of its US life insurance business. Heslin joined AIG in 1999 and was most recently chief life product, pricing and underwriting officer...

Legal & General is delaying cover for one year for clinically vulnerable customers who have not had the full Covid-19 vaccination, as insurers are beginning to take vaccination status into account for...

Aston Lark Ireland has acquired broker firm A.R. Brassington & Co, a subsidiary of the ARB Group whose group managing director Cathal O'Brien will be departing. Dublin-based Brassington Insurance is one of...

British Friendly has promoted Claire Kelly to proposition director. Kelly (pictured) joined British Friendly as a new business consultant in April and will be responsible for proposition, product, pricing, underwriting and business...

An employment lawyer is urging insurers and advisers to tread carefully when dealing with staff who refuse to return to face-to-face meetings. Melanie Stancliffe, employment partner at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish,...

Vitality paid out £91.6m in claims in 2020 with a total of 1,632 claims paid across its life and terminal illness, serious illness and income protection products. Publishing its 2020 claims statistics,...

Aviva’s UK health and protection business saw profits rise to £107m in the first half of 2021, up by a third from the same period last year. The insurer also noted it...