Whole of Life

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.

Pacific Life Re has appointed Darren Spriggs, formerly the managing director of AIG Life, as managing director for its European business.

VitalityLife has appointed Dave Ewens as national accounts director.

VitalityLife is improving the way protection applicants undergo blood testing by introducing ‘finger-prick testing' to the UK life insurance market.

An insurance agent who sold fictitious life insurance policies to pocket thousands in commission payments has been handed a 12 month suspended sentence.

Willis Towers Watson has developed the first widely-available mortality model to use medical science and the views of medical experts to improve predictiveness.

AIG Life's CEO Adam Winslow says the protection industry needs to look more closely at ageing customers.

A committee of MPs has recommended that benefits for bereaved people are in need of "serious reform" to reverse the rising trend of funeral poverty.

In a series of videos, Debbie Kennedy, head of protection at Royal London discusses the insurer's rebrand, future steps and innovation in the protection market with Fiona Murphy, Editor of COVER magazine.