Protection

Life insurance platform Amplify Life Insurance has raised $2.5m in seed funding which will be invested in product development and hiring an executive team. The funding round was led by venture investor...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints against a TV advert from life insurance broker Polly which was scheduled during young children’s programming. The regulator underlined the importance of appropriate scheduling...

Legal & General saw its UK protection operation grow to take more than a quarter of new business market in the first quarter of 2021, according to interim results for the first...

The government’s NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme has paid out more than £31m to the families of more than 500 Covid-19 victims who worked in the healthcare sector. So...

Philippines life insurer Insular Life has appointed Efren Caringal as chief operations officer (COO). Caringal (pictured) joins from Allianz PNB Life where he was chief finance officer and treasurer. He was also...

Private medical insurance (PMI) pricing is “really strange” at present with insurers chasing good risks but also wary of an impending claims deluge, according to advice firm Howden Employee Benefits. The intermediary...

Insurers are not requiring workers to be vaccinated upon their return to the office but say they are continuing to err on the side of caution in terms of being Covid-safe. According...

Steve Murray is to succeed John Deane as group CEO at life and pensions consolidator Chesnara, parent company of insurer Countrywide Assured, upon Deane's retirement at the end of the year. Murray,...

Aon has revealed the final bill for its failed merger with Willis Towers Watson could hit $1.4bn. The global consultant confirmed that a further $350m to $400m charge is expected as a...

The auto enrolment system should be extended to include income protection (IP) according to Prosperis head of employee benefit consulting Steve Ellis, and he intends to ensure his MP understands the necessity...