Protection

Royal London 360° has expanded its product range with the launch of a unit-linked whole of life protection product called LifePlan.

Dutch insurer Aegon says it plans to sell up to EUR 1bn (£860m) in stock to partially repay aid it received from the Dutch government.

Prudential UK's total APE sales for the first half of the year were down 14% to £376m with a strong showing for with-profit bonds and individual pensions offset by falls for individual annuities, offshore bonds and corporate pensions.

Clive Cowdery is nothing if not determined. Two years after jilting Friends Provident at the altar for a better offer from rival closed-life firm Pearl Assurance, he has returned to hunt down the insurance firm in a new guise.

Capita Financial Software's research arm, Synaptic, has launched a new area of Synaptic Product Research, enabling advisers to research and recommend locum insurance products, which are designed to cover the costs of absence for medical professionals....

A sales tip its IFA creator calls ‘The Plug' has won a nationwide competition inviting advisers to share their most successful strategies and tips for selling protection.

Foster Denovo has launched a general insurance division, saying there is a clear case to combine insurance and financial advice to better serve clients.

A protection and investment IFA is calling on providers to help him adopt a uniform charging method across both sides of his business.

A pensioner's birthday wish was ruined this week when Phoenix Life insisted on imposing a £16,500 hit on his pension pot in a fresh row over market value reductions (MVRs).

Income and profit at Swiss insurance giant Zurich suffered significant declines in H1 2009 compared with the first six months of 2008.