Protection

Little-known changes to the way provider tax is calculated under Solvency II will push up premiums with no added benefit to customers, LV='s head of protection says.

What happens when words crash head on with the insurance industry? Total Permanent Disability (TPD).

Groupama Insurances' combined profitability for the UK operations (before tax and amortisation) reduced to £14.1 million (2008: £30.1 million).

Axa's protection and healthcare business bucked the trend last year in recording increased revenues as its overall company earnings fell 18% to £235m.

Solvency II will spur a wave of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among insurers, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts.

Aviva has been forced to improve its with-profits literature after an IFA criticised the information given to policyholders approaching their 10th anniversary.

Chris Smallwood, CEO of 2plan Wealth Management, looks at how advisers can help clients prepare for their care needs in old age.

Faced with prohibitively expensive products, advisers are shunning long-term care.

Revenues at Axa Wealth fell 23% last year to £474m as the recession hit bond and pension sales.

Aegon has increased the multi-benefit discounts available when a customer takes out two or more benefits on the same menu plan.