Term Assurance

The proportion of critical illness complaints upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service rose by 1% to 25% in the July-September 2014 quarter.

The total premiums earned from life assurance premiums and income protection has risen by over £100millionin the second quarter of 2014, according to ONS figures.

Direct life has launched a fully comparable buy now life insurance policy, available to advisers through Direct Life's LifeQuote service and direct to the public through Confused.com.

Individual protection sales declined significantly during 2013; Swiss Re has found.

Three-quarters (74%) of gay men and women take out Life Insurance to protect their home or mortgage, research has found.

Ageas Protect has entered the relevant life insurance market with the launch of a new individual proposition.

Aviva has disclosed it paid out 99.3% of life insurance claims and 92.9% of critical illness claims during 2013.

Foresters Friendly Society is now providing Life Insurance cover to Global Connections a group of agencies of charity workers with members based both in the UK and overseas.

Life assurance should be extended to dependents so that should a tragedy occur, employees have some financial resources to support their family, Punter Southall Health & Protection Consulting (PSHPC) has said.

Whole of life sales have plummeted following a change in non-investment linked marketing emphasis among providers, Swiss Re's Term and Health Watch 2013 has shown.