Munich Re

Protection is unlikely to join the national employment savings trust (NEST) project following a meeting between Government representatives and counterparts from the group risk industry.

Munich Re has announced Andrew Rear as its new chief executive responsible for UK, Irish, African and Australian life reinsurance markets.

A large part of the South African population consists of low income families and individuals. With the RDR on the horizon and the creation of the money guidance service just around the corner, Andy Milburn looks at what we can copy from the protection...

Death claims should be paid quicker and the protection industry needs to support its existing customers better, says Munich Re.

When cover is allowed to lapse, it incurs costs to the client if they wish to resume at a later date. Andy Milburn questions this practice and devises a cunning plan…

Be it pre or post election, there are always imperatives; things any government or government in waiting must aim for.

Is the UK really the world's most sophisticated protection market? Andy Milburn asks for IFA input

More cheap tricks! In COVER's April 2009 issue Nuts and Bolts highlighted two techniques insurers could use to reduce premiums. Anthony Burpitt now outlines two further techniques insurers use to reduce their premiums

Munich re has called for the adoption of US style ‘gap cover' in the UK. Speaking to providers at a group risk conference Andy Milburn, head of marketing, noted that membership of group schemes did not end for Americans losing their jobs, as there was...

Well we are deep in the heart of the summer months and, while the insurance industry is rather quiet in terms of providers and intermediaries, many official bodies have seen fit, perhaps cynically, to use the last month to release research results and...