Life insurance

Aegon UK has today published claims data which shows a total of £123.4 million was paid in claims for life (including terminal illness), critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP), helping more than 1,300 families and businesses in 2016.

Zurich paid over £224.6m in protection claims last year to its retail customers, an increase of 6% from £212.5m in 2015.

A 45-year-old woman has been arrested by detectives from the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) after she allegedly faked her own death.

Pacific Life Re has promoted James Tait to head of protection, Europe, and Andy McAleese to head of longevity, Europe.

Pacific Life Re has conducted on-going research into consumer attitudes towards purchasing life insurance. Here is a snapshot, in the second of a series of articles for COVER, of what the research uncovered.

Pacific Life Re has conducted on-going research into consumer attitudes towards purchasing life insurance. Here is a snapshot, in the first of a series of articles for COVER, of what the research uncovered.

Richard Walsh discusses the recent changes to Bereavement Benefit and how family income benefit could be a solution.

Nearly one in three people who don't have protection insurance have said they believe the products are too expensive, according to a study from Royal London.

For some, 2016 was a year to forget, and among the things that marked it out was the high number of celebrity deaths, writes Steve Berry.

Life and general insurance arms combined