Term Assurance

Canada Life has revealed details of its new individual term and critical illness products for the UK market.

The average amount HIV positive people are insuring themselves for has increased to an average of £137,192, a survey for Unusual Risks has found.

Zurich UK paid 92% of critical illness (CI) claims made in the first half of 2015, and 82% of income protection claims, the insurer's claims statistics have revealed.

VitalityLife has launched a Business Consultant Talent Academy to increase their number of business consultants offering support for advisers, with the first eight graduating this month.

Four in ten parents with children under the age of 18 do not have any life insurance, a survey for Sainsbury's Bank Life Insurance has found.

Beagle Street's Happy Homes research has found what people consider when choosing a mortgage and their thoughts on life insurance.

Over four in ten (42%) of parents have taken out life insurance, and 20% have made a will, research from Aviva has found.

Aviva is now offering £15,000 of free life cover for parents through all channels, including advisers.

The total premiums earned from life assurance premiums and income protection has risen by over £100millionin the second quarter of 2014, according to ONS figures.

Pre-paid funeral plan sales have hit a new half-year record, the total plans sold in the first six months of 2014 were almost equal to the whole of 2008's sales.