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Ellipse has announced changes to its online services, including a simplification of travel requirements when getting online quotes.

The protection market has seen widespread growth, increasing by 4.1%, Swiss Re's Term & Health Watch 2015 report has found.

Legal & General's volume of UK retail protection sales were lower at £38m (Q1 2014: £42m) compared to a strong first quarter of 2014, its first quarter results for 2015 have shown.

LV='s protection business grew by £25m in the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 36% on the same period in 2014.

Darren Spriggs, managing director of AIG Life has said that he will stay on to ensure the transition of the business to a new team after announcing his resignation.

Darren Spriggs, managing director of AIG Life and Jane Dale, finance director at AIG Life have both resigned, the company has announced.

Insurers are being warned by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that they must ensure consumers are able to understand the economic consequences of the policy being taken out.

SunLife has appointed Emma Walker of Moneysupermarket.com to lead its aggregator, digital and customer experience teams.

Exeter Family Friendly has announced it is to join the trade association representing healthcare and protection advisers and insurers, AMII (Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries) as a corporate member.

D2C insurer SunLife has hired Mark Jones, previously head of protection at LV=, to lead the development of its protection retail business.