Protection

A growing number of insurers are mulling introducing a mixed commission option for advisers selling their protection products.

Aviva paid out more than £140m in critical illness (CI) and life insurance claims during the first half of the year.

Since April we have been hearing growing reports of a new strain of influenza virus, officially named 'H1N1' and, more commonly, 'swine flu'. Fergus Bescoby asks: What does it all mean to the insurance industry?

ASDA has announced plans to triple the number of customers covered by its over 50s life insurance plan.

Aviva has announced the introduction of a new tele-interview underwriting approach for Group Risk customers.

The ABI has said it intends to end Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) clauses, introducing set definitions. Will this add even further complication to Critical Illness (CI) policies?

An ageing workforce alongside ageing IT systems is a looming problem for the insurance industry. We must act now, says Tim Crossley.

James and his wife Monica, both 30, work together as interior designers. Monica is pregnant and they want to revisit their insurance. They currently have only a £120,000 joint life policy on their mortgage and nothing on their business together. Where...

John Deane talks to Paul Robertson on management of a multi brand proposition, mutuality and the ever present protection gap.

The size of a market is transformed by the arrival of a product that meets consumer demand in that market, says Tom Baigrie.