Zurich

Zurich has launched a ‘ground-breaking' app that gives advisers and paraplanners access to the progress of protection applications wherever and whenever they want it.

In our recent COVER 360 research, our adviser- respondents said the children's cover element of critical illness cover is the second least important reason in recommending the product. However, this is a high reason for claim. Why is take-up and interest...

Zurich UK Life's chief executive has written to Chancellor George Osborne ahead of the Budget calling for tax rebates to boost income protection (IP) take-up.

Provider aiming to streamline structure and save up to $250m.

Financial advisers operating in Europe are less strictly regulated than their UK counterparts yet consumers are still afforded the same degree of protection, according to Zurich Life government affairs principal Matt Connell.

Zurich UK Life has revealed it paid out 94% of income protection (IP) claims to customers during 2013.

Protection markets are seeing a new wave of technology and innovations from which advisers can benefit. Ian McKenna highlights a trust service.

Zurich UK Life's protection business has grown 'rapidly', according to its 2013 annual results.

New initiatives around funding long-term care will likely benefit only high-net worth consumers, while less wealthy people will still end up selling their homes to fund care, Zurich has suggested.

Firms have developed the capability to hold protection products on a retail investment platform. How does it work and do you think the market is moving this way?