Insurer

Engage Mutual has reported a fall in total new business sales and premiums but is ‘upbeat' about its life insurance and health growth, according to its H1 2013 results.

Europe's insurers spent as much as €9bn keeping pace with a barrage of regulatory changes imposed on the industry in the years following the financial crisis, according to a report by Deloitte.

Life insurance and healthcare provider Engage Mutual has confirmed Peter Burrows as its new chief executive.

Partnership has reported its new business premiums of long-term care annuities had ‘fallen behind expectations' as sales dropped by 38% compared to the same period last year.

Zurich's group chief financial officer Pierre Wauthier was yesterday found dead in his apartment in Zug, Switzerland.

Research by recruitment firm Randstad has revealed that 90% of insurance professionals are proud to work in the industry.

Lloyds Banking Group has signed an agreement to sell its German life insurance business Heidelberger Leben for a cash consideration of around €300 million, as it looks to meet regulatory capital demands.

The board of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has approved a new equality strategy.

Insurer Zurich UK has pledged to continue to support advisers and says it has no existing plans to build a direct-to-consumer (D2C) offering, as the company announced mixed results for the first half of the year.

Legal & General has highlighted how smoking can affect the cost of a life insurance premium in response to the latest NHS statistics on smoking rates.