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AIG Life acquires Ellipse
Group life, critical illness and income protection business bought from Munich Re
COVER Excellence Awards 2018: Provider shortlist revealed!
Which insurance providers have been nominated for the COVER Excellence Awards 2018?
COVER Protection and Health Summit returns for 2018
Our industry conference comes to The Hilton Bankside, London, on Thursday 4 October
Incoming Zurich CEO named first woman chair of ABI
Incoming Zurich Europe, Middle East and Africa chief executive Amanda Blanc has been appointed as the first female chair of the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Old Mutual Wealth appoints David Still as MD for life assurance
He joins from Aviva UK where he was managing director of its 'Heritage' closed book
VitalityLife pays 96% of 2017 claims for life, SIC and IP
More than £60m given back to members through rewards and benefits
COVER Excellence Awards 2018: Last chance to vote!
Thursday 4th October at The Mermaid London
Swiss Re Term & Health Watch: Sales up 11.6% in 2017
Overall increase of 21.1% for critical illness - highest level of growth since 2012
Royal London pays 99.1% of 2017 protection claims
Over half a billion pounds in UK protection claims paid in total
Cirencester Friendly pays 94.7% of claims
Norman Broadbent Group appointed to recruit finance director and operations director
Protection Distributors Group announces 'PDG Claims Charter'
Adviser group names Emma Thomson as new chairperson and calls for new members
Scottish Widows pays out 98.99% of life claims for 2017
Above industry average figures for both critical illness and life paid claims
Industry reaction: Guardian CIC and terminal illness
"The tides have changed for protection"
Guardian: 'Simpler, broader definitions' for CIC and terminal illness
Gryphon Group Holdings targets protection disruption by removing exclusions for critical Illness and terminal illness
Women in Financial Advice Awards - less than a week left to nominate
Deadline for nominations is 18 May
Two thirds of overall claims paid out for life in 2017
CIC represents 23% of all claims and income protection accounts for 12%, according to figures from ABI and GRiD
Sigal Atzmon: From insurance payer to health insurance player
Medix Global's CEO outlines what PMI insurers need to do in order to keep up with the rapidly changing health industry
L&G pays 17.54% of industry share of 2017 group claims
Firm paid almost 100% of group life claims last year
Scottish Widows appoints Gary Burchett as protection director
He fills the role previously held by Jackie Leiper
97.8% of all group and individual claims paid in 2017
'Record-breaking' £5bn in total pay-outs for protection industry last year and £1.6bn paid out for group risk, according to ABI and GRiD
Mutuals pay 93.7% of income protection claims in 2017
Data from nine members of AFM indicates "higher than the industry average" stats from mutual insurers
Legal & General appoints Mark Jones as UK protection product director
He joins L&G's Insurance division from Sun Life
Zurich pays out 97% of 2017 protection claims
Paid life claims reached 99% and mental health most common reason for IP pay-out
Aviva posts 'better than expected life results' for 2017
However GI & health performance weaker than predicted
