Life insurance

The number of people who have died without making a will has more than doubled in the last five years, according to Citizens Advice.

VitalityLife's Deepak Jobanputra discusses innovations to whole of life.

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.