Closure of whole of life offering has seen shift towards term assurance, but income protection offers growth opportunity
Four protection distributors with 60 adviser firms join 'test and learn' process before full market roll-out in six weeks
Gary Burchett, protection director at Scottish Widows, on heart disease and the 35th anniversary of critical illness cover
Insurer goes beyond Protection Distributors Group's (PDG) call for £5,000 of a claim for funeral costs
Capped premiums and tailored fast track application process for people with diabetes struggling to get cover
He joins from Aviva UK where he was managing director of its 'Heritage' closed book
Overall increase of 21.1% for critical illness - highest level of growth since 2012
Above industry average figures for both critical illness and life paid claims
Gryphon Group Holdings targets protection disruption by removing exclusions for critical Illness and terminal illness
AIG Life will be sole provider of British Seniors life insurance as part of three-year partnership