Insurer

Industry experts are calling for the formation of a specialist trade body to fill the need in the protection industry for a unified voice.

The Consumer Insurance Act has been heralded as simply codifying current best practice within the insurance market. This does not reflect the fundamental change to pre-contract disclosure brought about by this legislation, abolishing the consumer's duty...

A near-25% rise in UK protection sales helped drive an increase in profits for the Royal London group in 2012.

Insurers could be facing an increase in declined claims as the complexity of health problems rises, according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Friends Life is forecasting a total cost of £280m for its business restructure and outsourcing programme after acquiring the Axa UK Life book, latest results show.

Insurers need to weigh up the risk of alienating IFAs after apparent increase in interaction with end customers post-RDR, Capita has warned.

A recent FSA consultation gave a reprieve to the mutual sector from a possibly fatal course of action. Gareth Evans explains.

Foresters Friendly Society has entered into a strategic partnership with Lighthouse Group.

The imminent Welfare Reform Act should serve as a wake-up call to the public. It will be launched on 1 April and will bring major changes to payments for thousands of people and further reinforce that reliance on the State is a fool's paradise.

An expat insurer has expanded its offering into the Middle East and established its first operations in Dubai.