ABI

Huw Evans will succeed Otto Thoresen as director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in February 2015.

Legal & General (L&G) has responded to the call from the ABI for protection to have a greater role in reducing the state's welfare burden.

Standard Life's Barry O'Dwyer has been confirmed in his appointment as chairman of the long-term savings and life insurance committee (LTSLIC).

Protection insurance is a viable way of cutting the government's cost of welfare, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

There is increasing pressure for the government to reform the welfare system with a key role for income protection (IP) in helping families develop a safety net, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

As the ABI examines publishing claim statistics on short-term income protection (STIP) policies, British Friendly's Mark Myers says we need greater clarity on these plans.

Insurers paid out around £8m to policyholders claiming on protection policies and £7m to private medical insurance customers receiving treatment during 2013 each day, the ABI has revealed.

L&G has launched a new online body tool to help consumers understand critical illness (CI) definitions alongside its latest changes to definitions.

Trade body calls on insurance sector to work together.

Legal & General (L&G), the country's biggest pension fund manager, has confirmed the end of its Association of British Insurers (ABI) membership.