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Value of new business at Aviva Life climbed 14% in quarter one of 2015 to £247m, but results from acquired business Friends Life disappointed, according to interim figures.

Financial advisers across the country would prefer a coalition government comprised of Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Welsh national party Plaid Cymru over one formed by the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and UKIP, according to a poll....

A collaboration between Lifetime Group and technology providers iPipeline and Twenty7Tech has launched the UK's 'first fully integrated' mortgage and protection point of sale system.

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.