Life insurance

Friends Life has placed its Fracture Cover addition for its life, critical illness and income protection products on LifeQuote's portal.

Canada Life has begun selling its ‘Simply Class' group life assurance product, aimed at 2-50 employee companies on its CLASS platform.

Direct Life has announced it is looking to attract up to 20 new staff having recently added 15 full time and part time staff.

Over four in ten (42%) of parents have taken out life insurance, and 20% have made a will, research from Aviva has found.

VitalityLife has launched a 5% discount on new Optimiser policies, which will be available until the end of June.

The protection market has seen widespread growth, increasing by 4.1%, Swiss Re's Term & Health Watch 2015 report has found.

AIG Life has launched whole of life policy meaning the insurer previously known as Ageas Protect now offers a complete range of protection policies.

Darren Spriggs, managing director of AIG Life and Jane Dale, finance director at AIG Life have both resigned, the company has announced.

A report saying that with deaths likely to rise, funeral costs will also increase is ‘spot on', according to Royal London.

What happens to clients' UK-based life insurance if they move abroad? Expatriate Healthcare's Lee Gerry outlines some of the potential issues that advisers and customers should bear in mind