News

Legal & General's volume of UK retail protection sales were lower at £38m (Q1 2014: £42m) compared to a strong first quarter of 2014, its first quarter results for 2015 have shown.

Royal London's UK Intermediary protection business - which includes the brands Scottish Provident and Bright Grey - has revealed it paid 94% of critical illness (CI) claims in 2014.

Firms trying to expand into new business areas are having to wait 85% longer for Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation than two years ago.

More than 1,500 employees returned to work following rehabilitation from group risk benefits, according to trade body Group Risk Development (Grid).

AIG Life has launched whole of life policy meaning the insurer previously known as Ageas Protect now offers a complete range of protection policies.

Cirencester Friendly has increased its annual premium income by 4.5% and its investment income by over 10% during 2014, the friendly society's 125th Annual Report and Accounts have revealed.

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has announced continued growth in protection activity and commission levels over the course of the last 12 months.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed an appeal by Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations (FIPO), which questioned the role of private medical insurers in creating adverse competition in private healthcare.

Mortgage network First Complete has launched a panel of nine private medical insurance (PMI) providers for its broker members to use with clients.

Paul Norbert, a driving instructor with Bipolar, has been announced as the sixth participant of the Seven Families campaign.