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Insurer

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

clock 30 April 2018 • 3 min read

Income Protection

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

clock 25 April 2018 • 1 min read

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Legal & General appoints Mark Jones as UK protection product director

He joins L&G's Insurance division from Sun Life

clock 20 April 2018 • 1 min read

Individual Protection

Zurich pays out 97% of 2017 protection claims

Paid life claims reached 99% and mental health most common reason for IP pay-out

clock 13 April 2018 • 2 min read

Insurer

Aviva posts 'better than expected life results' for 2017

However GI & health performance weaker than predicted

clock 09 March 2018 • 1 min read

Insurer

Standard Life Aberdeen sells insurance arm to Phoenix for £3bn

Retains platform and financial advice business

clock 23 February 2018 • 3 min read

Insurer

Ex-Bankhall and Skandia CEO joins Gryphon as chairman

Peter Mann joins the insurer's board following acquisition of Guardian Assurance.

clock 19 January 2018 • 1 min read

Insurer

Vitality launches Value Statements to show rewards for healthy customers

The health and life insurer dished out £63m worth of additional value to its customers for 2017, figures show.

clock 12 January 2018 • 1 min read

Insurer

LV = announces new additions to group executive committee

Friendly society moves two key names following joint venture.

clock 10 January 2018 • 1 min read

Insurer

Simon Tindal: Bringing innovation to customer communication

Simon Tindal picks out the key discussion points that emerged from the recent 'Future of General Insurance' conference, which highlighted the way communications in the insurance industry are rapidly evolving

clock 11 December 2017 • 4 min read