Protection

Advisers are doing a good job counselling clients Skandia says, as critical illness claims paid rose another 1%, to 89%, in the half year to June 2007.

The Government must not build housing developments on flood-prone areas, says the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Pioneer Friendly Society has removed the final two exclusions, war and HIV, on its pure protection contract.

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.