Zurich

Zurich UK Life has reported a 15% increase in its operating profit compared to the same time last year, according to its half year results for 2016.

Only one in five 5 UK respondents to a global survey have income protection cover in the event of becoming too ill or disabled to work, according to research from Zurich.

CIExpert has revealed that Zurich has refreshed its critical illness plans- adding three 100% conditions twenty additional payment conditions.

Zurich Insurance Group has begun a process to bring its life and non-life insurance business closer together with a restructure of its senior management and businesses globally.

Openwork and Zurich have signed an agreement that will see the insurer divest its 25% shareholding in the network within the next four years.

Zurich UK Life has announced the appointment of Helen Pickford as chief financial officer (CFO).

Fiona Murphy finds a ‘vibrant' and ‘growing' whole-of-life market compared with its term assurance sister

Zurich has revealed that it paid out over £212.5m in claims over 2,500 retail protection customers and their families during 2015, an increase from 11% from £191m in 2014.

The chief executive of Zurich's UK Life division, Gary Shaughnessy, has been promoted to head the division globally.

Zurich's Richard Sadler looks at how technical innovations are affecting the way in which people buy protection products.