Longevity is likely to continue to increase at a slower rate as new gains become harder to achieve, a report said.
Legal & General (L&G) has welcomed the Liberal Democrat's pledge to reduce waiting times for mental health patients.
L&G has launched a new online body tool to help consumers understand critical illness (CI) definitions alongside its latest changes to definitions.
CIExpert gives its verdict on Legal & General as the latest insurer to upgrade its (CI) critical illness proposition, 17 months after its last set of improvements.
Legal & General has announced it is the first insurer to adopt software which will cut the waiting times for GPs' insurance reports.
Legal & General (L&G), the country's biggest pension fund manager, has confirmed the end of its Association of British Insurers (ABI) membership.
Another five new or returning mortgage lenders will launch into the intermediary market this year alone excluding the Bank of Ireland, predicted Legal & General Mortgage Club bosses.
Group Risk Development (GRiD) has calculated that Legal & General accounted for a fifth (19.2%) of total claims value (£1.244bn) paid out by the group protection industry for group life, income protection and group critical illness in 2013.
Legal & General is training its life protection staff in customer empathy and engagement following a partnership with learning specialist Hemsley Fraser.