Individual Protection

Research from Vitality has found that 34% of SME owners do not have any form of business protection in place. This was despite the insurer’s survey finding out that 67% of these...

Advisers should choose working smarter over working harder and stop making excuses for not talking about protection with customers. This is according to industry veteran Richard Kateley, who recently retired after three...

The merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson has been thrown into doubt as the sale of the pair's US health benefits businesses has proven "wholly insufficient" to allay the US Department...

Homeworking is increasing loneliness among young people and causing them to feel cut off from colleagues, according to the LifeSearch Health, Wealth and Happiness Index. The research, compiled with the Centre for...

Research by insurer MetLife has found that cost is the biggest deterrent to people taking financial advice. The firm found that the majority of people who had bought a home or were...

US life insurer Protective Life Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese life insurer Dai-ichi Life Holdings, has appointed Pooja Rahman as senior vice president (SVP) and chief risk officer. Rahman, who...

British Friendly has promoted Simon Owens to chief executive officer to replace Gordon Hull who has chosen to step down. Owens (pictured), whose appointment is subject to necessary regulatory approvals, joined as...

Insurers appear to be sticking to their guns on maintaining the lifting of Covid underwriting restrictions despite prime minister Boris Johnson's delay of the easing of restrictions in England to mid July....

Asset management group Invalda INVL has signed a deal in principle to acquire Finnish life insurance giant Mandatum Life. Mandatum Life has nearly 30,000 customers across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, with total...

Sun Life of Canada is updating its underwriting approach to enable more clients aged under 40 to gain quicker access to life insurance. The Canadian insurer revealed its new underwriting process could...