Aviva

In recent years, the individual PMI market has seen flat growth. How will the market develop to combat this and where is it going next?

Best Doctors and Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland Limited have announced an exclusive agreement.

Aviva has launched a specialist protection team to offer a tailored service for protection cases with high levels of cover and large premiums.

Protection markets are seeing a new wave of technology and innovations from which advisers can benefit. Ian McKenna highlights a trust service.

Aviva has broadened its eligibility criteria so all employees within an organisation that has an Aviva group income protection (GIP) policy will have access to its Employee Assistance programme (EAP).

The burden of global cancer is rising and there is a "real need" to focus on preventing it through tackling smoking, obesity and drinking, says the World Health Organisation (WHO).

More than half of consumers who have bought protection insurance (53%) have 'never reviewed' their protection needs, the latest Aviva research has found.

Aviva has released previously unseen figures from its critical illness (CI), income protection (IP) and private medical insurance (PMI) claims statistics.

RSA's geographical footprint would be complementary to Aviva's, claims Berenberg analyst.

"I am arranging cover for a client who has recently given up smoking. However she is smoking e-cigarettes in a bid to kick the habit. I understand a number of life offices are taking different approaches to this. Can anyone shed some light on whether...