Life insurance

Life insurance take-up has increased among single-parent families over the past year, according to research.

Insurance products that are marketed and sold through advisers need to undergo radical reform to ensure providers stay competitive in a post commission world, the CEO of Aegon has warned.

Protection insurance sales have hit a nine-month high due to increased mortgage lending, according to LifeQuote.

Life insurers are much less optimistic about the overall business situation than they were three months ago, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

LV= has launched a relevant life cover product allowing employers to set up life cover either for their employees or company directors in a tax-efficient way.

eValue has launched Protection Planner to allow advisers to illustrate how a client's sudden death would financially effect their dependents.

Insurers have applauded news the ABI is to refine definitions insurers use to report claims pay-out rates to ensure greater consistency across the industry.

LV= has launched an apprenticeship programme for its life insurance and retirement customer service teams.

Group Risk Development (Grid) has released the first ever full set of collated claims figures from the group risk industry.

Women do not value their own lives as much as men do, according to new research from Scottish Provident.