Aviva paid out £513m on claims in 2014, an increase on the 2013 figure of £505m as it released its annual claims statistics.
VitalityLife paid £25m in 2014 to customers claiming on life serious illness and income protection policies, an increase of 66% compared to 2013.
VitalityLife has promoted Deepak Jobanputra, formerly product and actuarial director, as deputy CEO.
Engage mutual is asking advisers and brokers to give feedback on their offering as they merge with Family Investments.
Friends Life has launched ‘Global Treatment' with Best Doctors as an add-on to its protection policies offering policyholders the option of going abroad for serious illness treatment.
Beagle Street saw its highest sales of life insurance over the last two years during the night Madonna fell from the stage at the BRIT Awards 2015.
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.
Friends Life and Virgin Money have launched the first of their planned range of life insurance products.
Swiss Re saw a loss of $462m on its life and health reinsurance business, which it attributed to changes in its US business.
ActiveQuote will provide life insurance comparison services to customers of uSwitch.