Friends Life

A "large majority" of Aviva's 780 strong Greater Manchester workforce are set to be made redundant following the completion of the Friends Life acquisition.

AIG Life has announced that Kevin Russ is now the technical manager for AIG Life's marketing team.

Friends Life has placed its Fracture Cover addition for its life, critical illness and income protection products on LifeQuote's portal.

LifeQuote has introduced a suite of short term income protection (STIP) policies to support their existing income protection (IP) panels.

The protection market has seen widespread growth, increasing by 4.1%, Swiss Re's Term & Health Watch 2015 report has found.

Value of new business at Aviva Life climbed 14% in quarter one of 2015 to £247m, but results from acquired business Friends Life disappointed, according to interim figures.

Friends Life has revealed that for the first time it paid out more in critical illness claims than for life insurance during 2014.

Complaints about income protection (IP) and critical illness cover (CI) fell in the second half of 2014 figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have revealed.

Aviva has announced changes to its senior management following the acquisition of Friends Life by Aviva.

Friends Life is now offering group protection customers and their families 'Doctor Online' as part of its Best Doctors service.