Protection

PwC directors Lucy Beverley and Samantha Jones will be exploring the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) study of the protection market including an inside view of how the regulator handles the review process,...

LifeSearch recorded 1,418 individual, family and employer paid claims in 2024, with insurers paying out a total of £105,070,803 – just over £2m a week. The number of claims settled rose 35%...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned principals to check their professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover, after a review showed nearly 10% of firms sampled, needed to make changes to their policies...

Chubb has today announced that Ana Robic, senior vice president, Chubb Group and currently division president of Personal Risk Services (PRS), Chubb North America, has been appointed to the position of regional president of Europe, Middle East and Africa.  ...

Life insurance is the largest product in the protection insurance market – but many people have a hard time trying to access it due to having pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and...

The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) is proposing significant structural changes to the next annual update of the CMI Mortality Projections Model, CMI_2024, due for release in Q2 2025. For the core version...

Chris Dunne has announced that he is leaving Scottish Widows after some six years in communications there.  Dunne worked with the Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) for almost 17 years, including his most...

Shepherds Friendly has appointed Oliver Laird as non-executive director. Laird's career experience includes chief financial officer at Lookers, and First Direct Bank, director of central finance at Lloyds Banking Group, and finance...

Iress posted a $226.2m increase in profits in 2024, reversing a loss from 2023, according to its full year results. The results show that the firm delivered statutory net profit after tax...

MetLife UK is on the hunt for a new head of underwriting after promoting Lauren Wheadon to transformation and growth initiatives lead. Wheadon has spent a decade at MetLife with the vast...