Insurer

Paul Roberts has been appointed head of business development for protection at Old Mutual Wealth, leading the firm's distribution strategy.

Swiss Re saw its net income increase 11% to $2.3bn in the first half of 2015, the reinsurer's second quarter results have revealed.

Allianz Worldwide Care has appointed Ida Luka-Lognoné as new CEO to succeed Ron Buchan.

LV= has seen its protection sales increase by 50% in the first six months of 2015 with £144m of sales.

SunLife has announced a senior hire to lead its move into the general insurance market.

British expatriates can get life insurance products from 33% of UK insurers, a survey by Unusual Risks has found.

John Ritchie, CEO of Ellipse won Personality of the Year at the Protection Review 2015 awards, while the lifetime achievement award went to John Pollock, formerly of Legal & General.

Swiss Re is to offer a direct to consumer (D2C) digital platform to insurers to sell protection products online, in partnership with Backbase.

An employee fundraising day at Aviva's sites across the UK for the family bereavement charity Grief Encounter has raised over £5,000.

In addition to its website redesign, LV= has also switched its adviser telephone services to Freephone numbers, and appointments for its teleinterview service can now be made online.