Life insurance

Protection comparison service and broker ActiveQuote is rapidly expanding operations and creating 74 new jobs with Welsh government support.

Huw Evans will succeed Otto Thoresen as director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in February 2015.

Reliance Mutual has announced the launch of ‘There', an online brand which offers a combination of income protection and life cover.

Transact and Ageas Protect have teamed up to launch an investment-linked life cover policy available via Transact's platform.

Around 35% of over 50s have not written a will, according to research that coincides with Will Aid month.

Engage Mutual has launched an adviser campaign to highlight how it can make quick payouts on its over-50s life cover.

Younger women are still not financially protecting themselves against breast cancer, the most common cancer in the UK, Friends Life has warned.

Longevity is likely to continue to increase at a slower rate as new gains become harder to achieve, a report said.

Canada Life's Paul Avis asks how the group risk industry can grow with the debate on auto-enrolment for group income protection one likely avenue.

The proportion of critical illness complaints upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service rose by 1% to 25% in the July-September 2014 quarter.