Life insurance

SunLife is launching a new funeral plan to help consumers beat the rising costs of funerals and inflation, as the company expands its offer in the direct-to-consumer financial services market.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said the insurance industry ‘fully supports' the findings of the HSCIC Partridge review in safeguarding the use of medical data.

A husband and wife have been sentenced after he faked his death in a bid to collect more than £1.1 million from life insurance policies and investments.

Legal & General (L&G) has revealed it paid out £500 million in individual protection claims during 2013.

An increasing number of mortgage holders are ‘financially exposed' as the level of protection cover has dropped over the last year, Scottish Widows has warned.

Legal & General has launched an online calculator that provides instant quotations for businesses looking to provide group life and group income protection policies for their employees.

Legal & General has today announced it has improved its financial underwriting criteria for customers taking out life insurance and critical illness cover.

Canada Life Group Insurance has launched a newly focused sales team to support advisers who work with small firms' automatic enrolment solutions.

Global premiums in the life market are expected to grow by around 4% in real terms in 2014 and 2015, according to Swiss Re.

Allianz Group has reported growth in revenues and new business in its life and health insurance business in its 2013 third quarter results.