Life insurance

Dementia and Alzheimer disease has replaced ischaemic heart diseases as the leading cause of death in England and Wales.

Dean Lamble, previously Managing Director of SunLife has been named as Chief Executive Officer of SunLife as the company looks to expand further into the over-50s market.

Torquil McLusky explains the importance of understanding statistics properly, and using the information gleened responsibly

Scottish Widows Protect has launched its first annual protection summaries for advisers and their clients.

The UK housing and mortgage market has shown a 'strong degree of resilience' since the result of June's EU referendum, according to a panel of industry experts.

Last month it was widely reported that a new genetic test, costing just £50 could identify people at risk of a heart attack years or even decades in advance. Munich Re discusses the future impact on critical illness cover.

iPipeline has announced that Scottish Widows Protect has joined its indicative underwriting decision tool, XRAE.

SunLife, the over-50s insurer, has completed its sale from AXA to become part of the Phoenix Group.

Encephalitis is a serious condition meaning inflammation of the brain. The inflammation is either caused by an infection invading the brain (infectious encephalitis) or through the immune system attacking the brain in error (autoimmune encephalitis),...

Almost three-quarters (72%) of advisers believe there is a growing threat people will not have enough life insurance and critical illness cover as fewer intermediaries are selling it, research suggests.