Protection

Half of the UK adult population has insufficient life cover, despite Standard Life's assertion insurance has never been cheaper.

LV=, the insurer formerly Liverpool Victoria, has appointed Keith Abercromby as group director of finance.

The bill for the UK's June and July floods will reach £2bn, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

At the recent 4th Annual Insurance Forum in London one of the main topics, as you would expect, was the declining sales due to the lack of trust of the consumer caused by high rates of declined claims due to non-disclosure.

At first glance the Law Commission's proposal that negligent life insurance claims should be paid after five years seems like a positive move. After all, a negligent mistake is described as an inadvertent mistake, and we all make mistakes.

Archie Kane, chief executive of Scottish Widows, has become chairman of the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

The protection arm of AXA Life says teleunderwriting will form a key part of its proposition in 2008.

Following my recent comments in this very column about how intermediaries could benefit their businesses by working closer with the media I'm on a bit of a rant this month I'm afraid, about a few life office representatives who comment to the press on...

Negligent life insurance claims will be subject to a five-year non-contestability period, the Law Commission proposes.

Sometimes I think I must live in a parallel universe where attempting to sell products that are designed to help people when they fall on had times is seen as a capital crime and the butchers of Srebrenica are held up as model citizens.