Swiss Re

Mortality projection models are in need of a radical overhaul to ease insurers' funding problems and give them confidence when pricing future retirement income solutions, an influential new report argues.

Dates have been confirmed for the Protection Review and Personal Finance Society's (PFS) independent protection training sessions.

Aegon is set to sell its Guardian life insurance arm for £250m, according to the Sunday Times.

The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) could significantly affect the protection market, Swiss Re has said.

The protection industry has made progress in communicating with consumers but more needs to be done and now maybe the time for product innovation, Swiss Re has said.

Income protection (IP) sales have continued to slide despite an overall rise in the volume of term assurance products sold, according to Swiss Re.

Some providers are increasingly targeting workplace and employer based routes to market. Is this going to become more common and should advisers be doing more in this area?

Giant re-insurer Swiss Re will buy 300,000 in-force life policies from American Life Insurance Company (Alico).

The group risk market has begun to recover from the effects of recession although income protection is still in decline, according to Swiss Re.

Warren Buffett has emerged as one of the biggest investors to be affected by Japan's earthquake and tsunami, with estimated paper losses of $150m from his investments in reinsurers Swiss Re and Munich Re.