Life insurance

IRESS's Andrew Simon take a closer look at the perceived wisdom that 75% of protection cases go straight through without any need for further underwriting.

Aegon increased its protection sales in the UK by 18% according to the insurer's QI results.

Income protection sales increased by 10.7% during 2015 according to Swiss Re's Term and Health Watch 2016.

Almost two-thirds of protection experts have said that the use of E-signatures will have a positive impact on protection sales, according to a poll.

Scottish Widows has published its protection claims statistics, which show that more than £219 million was paid out in life and critical illness claims in 2015, equating to an average of more than £4 million per week.

A record £3.6bn was paid last year in individual protection insurance claims, the equivalent of £10m a day, according to research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI)

E-cigarettes are likely to be beneficial to UK public health according to a Royal College of Physicians report.

Aviva has published its claim statistics for 2015 revealing that the insurer paid out 98.9% of life insurance claims, 92.5% of critical illness 92.4% of income protection claims.

Aegon UK has today published claims data which shows a total of £116m was paid out in protection claims to 1,500 customers, families and businesses in 2015.

Protection sales were ‘strong' in the last quarter of 2015, according to exclusive analysis from Equifax Touchstone.