Bright Grey

I have mentioned before in my blogs my frequent irritations with air travel. The ever-increasing security queues, holding patterns and baggage reclaim delays give you ample time to reflect upon issues facing the industry.

One in three UK families has no critical illness, income protection or life insurance, research suggests.

Advisers can now quote up to eight covers in one Bright Grey protection plan after the firm upped its presence on information and trading platform Assureweb.

These days when we buy a product, unless it is a fast moving consumer good like a Mars Bar or a bottle of shampoo, we are often buying an experience as well as something that provides a practical benefit.

Scottish Life new pensions business has fallen 9% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2006, following a slump in the group pensions sector.

I recently had to go at one of those psychometric tests. You know the ones where some human nature theory is linked to 200 questions, all of which are intricately cross-referenced, to give an insight into your character, using a series of letters like...

Bright Grey is incorporating the Association of British Insurers' new critical illness definitions from the start of next week and is adding four new illnesses to its cover.

Royal London Group saw its overall operating profit rose 16% last year, but comments expressed by the firm suggests life offices are being increasingly squeezed by low margin rates.

Is the ‘illness race' on critical illness policies about to start up again? I hope not, because recently some additions to critical illness products seem to have been borne entirely out of the desire to find something to add to the list to create a perceived...

Concerns have been raised about the future of pension term assurance, following comments from Ed Balls stating the government "will act" when a regime is not in accordance with its pensions tax relief principles.