Insurer

None of the ten biggest providers of critical illness and income protection policies offer products for HIV positive people, a survey for Unusual Risks has found.

Vitality has declared the fourth quarter of 2014 their best ever three month period with £15m of new business.

Unum is the life & protection insurer with the highest rate of upheld complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

Swiss Re saw a loss of $462m on its life and health reinsurance business, which it attributed to changes in its US business.

Aegon UK's new protection single premiums for annuities and protection fell by 53% in 2014, with sales of £1.6bn in 2014 compared to £3.4bn in 2013.

Wesleyan has raised £250,000 for its chosen charity the Birmingham Children's Hospital, with the money going to the new Children's Cancer Centre.

‘Over-regulation' is seen as the key threat to insurer growth prospects by 91% of insurance CEOS surveyed for PWC.

The CEO of Cirencester Friendly has said that a statistic of claims paid on its own ‘doesn't mean very much'.

Vitality has announced it will sponsor Sky Sports' dedicated channel for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Dementia is a growing problem in the UK. Margaret Kirby explains why advisers and insurers should pay closer attention to the Mental Capacity Act.