Swiss Re

Pension reforms are driving the most prominent changes in group life. Fiona Murphy takes a look at market developments.

The group risk industry has applauded the latest Swiss Re Group Watch 2014 report, which it said ‘demonstrates the market's continued efforts to promote and deliver these highly valued employer-sponsored protection benefits to a greater proportion of...

The overall UK group risk market grows by 2.8% to nearly 11 million people at the end of 2013, according to Swiss Re's Group Watch 2014.

The first year of auto-enrolment has enjoyed low opt-out rates and relatively high levels of compliance. But what does this mean for group risk schemes? Hannah Uttley investigates the impact of AE on the group risk market.

Fiona Murphy finds the individual income protection market is going ‘back to basics' to target consumers

The challenge for protection insurers in today's market is to adapt their approach so products are "bought, not sold", a report by Swiss Re concludes.

Consumers are not thinking long-term and have been turned off by insurance companies due to negative customer experiences, a new report warns.

Group income protection (GIP) hasn't seen a rush as a result of auto-enrolment as yet, but with insurers continually innovating, it could soon be on everyone's radar. Fiona Murphy finds out how the market has performed over the past year and asks about...

Swiss Re has admitted it is in talks over the potential merger of its remaining Admin Re closed life business with Phoenix Group, less than a year after selling the US side of the operation.

While Global premium growth resumed in 2012, European markets have contracted, Swiss Re's latest study on global life insurance has shown.