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Iain Clark has been announced as British Friendly Society's new marketing and distribution director, having previously been managing director for protection at LV=.

Royal London saw its protection intermediary new business volumes increase by 43% to £231m, the insurer's half year results have revealed.

The vast majority of employers will be hit with the full force of the insurance premium tax (IPT) rise by health insurers, COVER's sister title WSB can exclusively reveal.

In 2014 £3.44bn was paid by protection insurers on nearly 128,500 policies, compared to £3.08bn on 98,900 policies in 2013, ABI figures have shown.

Chase Templeton has secured its biggest deal under its buy and build strategy with the acquisition of Atlas Consulting Group in a deal worth £13.8m annual premium income.

Friends Life has made improvements to its maximum benefit calculator facility on its quotation platform to help advisers calculate income protection requirements for clients.

Non-advised life insurance broker Protect Line has joined TenetLime's network.

Unum has added AgeingWorks, an online portal for elder care support and guidance, to all its group risk policies.

VitalityLife has announced a 26% increase in business protection sales in the year to June 2015.

Premier Choice group has hired five new advisers from both the insurance and intermediary markets.