life assurance

Direct Life has announced it is looking to attract up to 20 new staff having recently added 15 full time and part time staff.

Over four in ten (42%) of parents have taken out life insurance, and 20% have made a will, research from Aviva has found.

VitalityLife has launched a 5% discount on new Optimiser policies, which will be available until the end of June.

The protection market has seen widespread growth, increasing by 4.1%, Swiss Re's Term & Health Watch 2015 report has found.

Aviva has launched Aviva Life Protection Solutions (ALPS) a new end to end platform for advisers offering a faster ‘quote and apply' system than before.

The insurer Beagle Street has released 500 origami dogs made from £10 notes onto the streets of London to highlight consumers spending too much on life insurance.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to be heavily criticised over its decision to leak details of an upcoming insurance probe to a national newspaper, inadvertently causing shares in several major life companies to plummet, according to reports....

The changes in income drawdown after April mean that annuitants sold single life policies may take out life insurance to cover their spouse, LifeQuote has said.

Leaked documents from the upcoming 2015 Budget have shown that the threshold for inheritance tax (IHT) is set to rise for the first time since 2009.

Legal & General (L&G) has launched an online trust hub to simplify the process of setting up a trust for protection policy holders.