Life insurance

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

The government has announced that the new Bereavement Support Payment which comes into effect in April this year will be extended from 1 year to 18 months, although payments are now lower on a monthly basis.

AIG Life has become the first insurer to meet the Protection Distributors Group's 'Funeral Payment Pledge'.

F&TRC's Adam Higgs analyses how two insurers have launched online propositions in a bid to improve the numbers of advisers putting policies in trust.

Aviva's Robert Morrison discusses the progress of the iGPR and other technologies.

Fergus Bescoby discusses sleep disorders and the underwriting factors to consider.