Protection

International insurance broker Howden has acquired Manchester-headquartered intermediary Reich Insurance Group for an undisclosed sum. Reich serves UK and international clients, has more than 140 employees and is led by Simon Taylor...

Legal & General Group Protection has partnered with Spectrum.Life to bring its mental health and wellbeing services to all existing and new group risk clients at no extra cost. Spectrum.Life is a...

LV= has followed through on a commitment to join the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM). The trade body which represents mutual and not-for-profit insurers, friendly societies and other financial mutuals across the...

Cirencester Friendly paid 95.4% of new claims in 2022 with more than £8.5m paid out in total. The income protection (IP) provider revealed it paid 1,348 claims across its portfolio in 2022,...

Aviva has partnered with Red Apple Law to offer access to a range of legal services as part of its group life insurance offering. The insurer said the move would make legal...

Securing a quick underwriting decision seems to be increasingly dependent on the insurer advisers are dealing with and how these firms embrace technology. It is clearly becoming more important for insurers to...

The vast majority of over-55s do not feel their employer offers them appropriate workplace benefits, according to research from Canada Life. The insurer's survey of 2,000 UK adults found just one in...

LifeSearch has launched a digital third party protection solution which can be white labelled by firms as needed. Advised and execution-only options will be available along with guidance routes - which the...

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has launched a range of practical support guides to help advisers boost their protection business. The guides have been developed in response to research conducted for SBG’s Protection...

Insurance industry bosses have been warned that employees judge them by their deeds, so what they do about 'Handy Andy in accounts' is just as important as any other measure they can...