Legal & General paid a total of £441 million combined death and critical illness claims in 2011, up from £373 million in 2010 and a new record for the firm.
Cirencester friendly has called for a standard, industry wide, Claims Statistics format for reporting claims statistics.
LV= has announced it paid 91% of income protection (IP) and 88% of critical illness (CI) claims in 2011.
Holloway Friendly Society paid 96.2% of its income protection claims in 2011, up from the previous twelve months 95.5%.
Zurich has revealed it paid 92% of critical illness (CI) claims last year.
Bright Grey paid out 91% of critical illness (CI) claims in the last six months of 2011.
Wiltshire Friendly Society is the first insurer to publicise its 2011 Income Protection claims statistics.
The Investment and Life Assurance Group (ILAG) has warned that increased publishing of decisions made by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) could be a boon for claims management companies (CMCs).
Aegon paid 94% of critical illness (CI) claims in the first half of the year, a 3% increase on its overall result for 2010 (91%).