Legal and General's protection sales slumped 13% last year to £180m (APE).
Zurich UK's protection sector led the way as its Life business grew by 6% last year, taking the total value of new premiums (APE) to £501m.
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Health insurer Groupama is giving brokers the ability to select the level of commission they earn on all SME business placed with the company.
Employers are increasingly addressing issues such as mental health in a bid to reduce long term absence rates, research from Aviva suggests.
With a low penetration and a tangible benefit, David Casson points out that childcare vouchers can be a profitable product in the IFA's range
96 per cent of British workers underestimate the true amount that employers spend on employee benefits, according to employee benefits specialists Aon Consulting.
Aviva has introduced premium reductions for when exclusions are applied to its critical illness plans.
Zurich has announced that its critical illness claims paid rate remained unchanged last year.