Whole of Life

Zurich Insurance Group has begun a process to bring its life and non-life insurance business closer together with a restructure of its senior management and businesses globally.

Andy Briggs, chief executive officer of Aviva UK Life and Chairman of Aviva Global Life, has been nominated by the Association of British Insurers' Board to become its next Chairman.

An estimated 1.6 million (21%) British parents haven't got life insurance, potentially because they can't deal with thoughts of their own death, according to research from the University of Sheffield and comparethemarket.com.

Amanda Blanc to become UK and Ireland CEO

The number of people who have died without making a will has more than doubled in the last five years, according to Citizens Advice.

VitalityLife's Deepak Jobanputra discusses innovations to whole of life.

IRESS's Andrew Simon take a closer look at the perceived wisdom that 75% of protection cases go straight through without any need for further underwriting.

Aegon increased its protection sales in the UK by 18% according to the insurer's QI results.

Munich Re has seen its quarterly profits fall by 45%, causing the group to revise downward its annual profit forecast.

E-cigarettes are likely to be beneficial to UK public health according to a Royal College of Physicians report.