Aviva has launched a short film to help customers understand how critical illness (CI) insurance works, while highlighting some of the main conditions it covers.

Zurich UK Life has announced its business operating profit slumped by 39% while sales dropped by a third over the first six months of this year.

The UK life insurance sector has reported a strong set of 2013 first half results despite the ‘sluggish' economy, Fitch Ratings has reported.

One Hundred Years, a provider of global private health management services, has launched in the UK today.

Wesleyan Assurance Society has announced the acquisition of the Practice Plan Group, a provider of practice-branded dental membership plans.

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced it is broadening its restricted advice proposition for advisers and their customers with the addition of group risk products.

Munich Re UK Life has announced it will only request third party financial evidence for sums assureds of £25m or more for business protection life cases.

Reliance Mutual has entered the over-50s life assurance market with a direct offering to the consumer.

International private medical insurance provider ALC Health has launched two new plans to complement its existing range of Prima healthcare products.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is concerned about execution-only, or non-advised, sales and the commission payments that such transactions are still allowed to collect.