Swiss Re

The gap between people's needs if they became critically ill or disabled and what they would have is €750bn across 13 European & Middle Eastern countries, a report from Swiss Re has found.

The protection market has seen widespread growth, increasing by 4.1%, Swiss Re's Term & Health Watch 2015 report has found.

Alan Sparks of Canada Life looks at what can be done to cross the barriers to growth that the group life market faces

The number of people insured under group risk schemes expanded by almost 1.25m between 2010 and 2014, new figures from Swiss Re have revealed.

Private health insurance premiums in emerging markets are ‘set to double' by 2020 as people want and can afford more healthcare, according to analysis.

Swiss Re saw a loss of $462m on its life and health reinsurance business, which it attributed to changes in its US business.

The whole of life (WoL) market is seeing growth as it emerges from the shadow of earlier decline, writes Thomas Smith

Swiss Re has reported a dramatic decrease in its life and health insurance business, its nine month figures for 2014 have revealed.

The number of over-65s will increase by 80% to nearly 1 billion over the next 15 years making elderly care needs one of the biggest global challenges for insurers and stakeholders, a report has warned.

Unum has announced it will increase the number of staff on its sales team who work face to face with brokers in a bid to grow the UK protection market.