Insurance pioneer Clive Cowdery has taken his consolidation strategy across the pond after securing a $600m deal for US insurer Lincoln Benefit Life.
Severity based protection payments have become more common over the year. Phil Jeynes explains why in his overview of 2011
Friends Life has completed its full launch with the unveiling of its individual protection proposition for IFAs.
The project to bring about an income protection (IP) quality standard (QS) has been abandoned.
Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) generated zero operating profits in the first six months of the year as the company invested in technology and RDR transition.
Friends Provident International (FPI) strengthens its offshore product range with the launch of the Succession Planning Bond.
Buyout vehicle Resolution expects to have £500m of excess cash to return to shareholders over the next 12 months after completing its work examining the cash and capital position of Friends Life, its new proposition formed from the merger of Friends Provident...
Colin Williams, director of corporate, Friends Provident, discusses the dramatic reshaping of the pensions industry.
Friends Life is to consolidate its individual protection streams onto a single platform, based around the recently acquired Bupa proposition.
Resolution, the buy-out vehicle launched by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery, is highly unlikely to make any further acquisitions and will instead focus on developing new life products.