Mark Myers, British Friendly's outgoing CEO, has joined Direct Life as a non-exec director.

Cirencester Friendly has paid 94.7% of claims in 2016, an increase on last year's figure of 94%.

For some, 2016 was a year to forget, and among the things that marked it out was the high number of celebrity deaths, writes Steve Berry.

Aviva is bringing its UK life insurance, general insurance and health insurance business under the leadership of Andy Briggs as its European head departs.

Simplyhealth announces that, after a 21 year career with Denplan and Simplyhealth, Steve Gates is stepping down as Managing Director of Denplan and will be leaving the Company at the end of January 2017.

Shanti Duggal, the chief operating officer of UnderwriteMe, is taking a step back within the technology firm to work on a consultancy basis as he moves towards retirement.

Holloway Friendly has made several new hires including Andy Milburn as the director of proposition and marketing.

F&TRC's Kirsty Tanner discusses how annual protection statements could work and the standards that insurers should consider adhering to.

President-elect Trump has said that he wants to replace Obamacare with 'insurance for everybody', The Washington Post has reported.

Lockton is bolstering its international employee benefits hub in anticipation of further growth, with the hire of Tom Laidler who joins as senior consultant in the London-based team.