Protected.co.uk has ceased trading after a bid earlier this year was made to restructure and save the business, which had sustained heavy financial losses.

Space01's Marilyn Cole discusses ‘robo-advice' and how protection intermediaries can benefit from automation.

Vitality's South African-based parent company Discovery grew operating profit by a 'lower than usual rate' of 7% in part due to investment in VitalityHealth's new systems, the insurer's interim results for the six months to 31 December 2015 have shown....

LifeSearch has expanded its long term relationship with Comparethemarket.com to provide a wider range of advised and non-advised quote and buy solutions.

Nick Baker discusses whether protection will catch up with the Insurtech wave.

Legal & General has launched a business protection trusts hub to help advisers set up their business clients' protection policy in trust.

Only 20% of advisers responded to FAMR

AXA UK and Ireland's full year results for 2015 showed that general insurance and healthcare revenues increased by 7% to £4.1 billion (2014: £3.8 billion) and by 5% on a comparable basis.

LifeQuote is now enabling advisers to submit an application based on any quote from either an insurer's site directly or another quote portal.

British Friendly has hired Nick Telfer, previously of Vitality and Defaqto, in the newly created role of head of product and propositions.