Technology provider 1st Exchange has called for the industry to use plain language to ensure product information is jargon free and more accessible to consumers.

More than eight in ten Britons have made no provision for their funeral costs, new research suggests.

Aviva is now accepting faxed and emailed copies of application and claims forms for its international private medical insurance (IPMI) offering.

The FSA has proposed changes to its complaints handling procedure as it reveals pure protection grievances continued to grow in the first half of the year.

Increasing employee engagement improves absenteeism rates and take-up of benefit packages according to new research.

Friends Provident is unveiling a new protection toolkit and a website which it says has been developed in response to feedback from advisers

Bupa is unveiling a new corporate cash plan which starts from £1 per employee, per week.

The NHS could use incentives to help people quit unhealthy habits if proposals from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) are adopted.

Swiss Re has revealed a €10tr gap in European life insurance coverage and believes the industry needs to be bolder in selling the affordability and benefits of life cover.

Bronek Masojada, the chief executive of Hiscox has called for a separate trade body to represent the interests of general insurance from those of the life and savings sector.