Individual Protection

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...

Quilter saw its profits slashed in half while 141 advisers left the firm after deciding they did not want to become restricted in the first six months of 2021. The network said...

Insurers large and small across the health and protection industry are resuming face-to-face meetings with advisers as lockdown measures ease and more people are fully vaccinated. And Zurich has revealed it its...

Eight in 10 Brits say they are worried about having to take time off work due to illness or injury since the start of the pandemic, according to research from MetLife UK....

Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners has entered into agreement to acquire life and health insurer American National for $5.1bn. The deal received unanimous approval from American National’s board of directors and will...

Advice firm Succession Wealth has appointed Andrew Barker as director of proposition. In his new role Barker will be responsible for making further enhancements to Succession’s proposition across several key areas including...

Aviva has agreed a five-year extension to its 2017 exclusive distribution agreement with UK estate agency Connells Group, to provide its mortgage and rental customers with protection insurance. The insurer said Connell's...

Australian bank and financial services provider Westpac has agreed to sell its life insurance business to TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia, a subsidiary of Japanese life insurer Dai-ichi Life Group, for A$90m (£47.6m)....

International insurance adviser Howden has launched into Italy with the acqusition of Italian broker Andrea Scagliarini. Howden Italy's launch comes weeks after the appointments of Luigi Sturani and Enrico Nanni as CEO...