life assurance

London & Country Mortgages has announced it will donate £1 for every case where customers arrange one or more policies in 2015 to Winston's Wish.

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

Royal London has called for a ‘shake up' in the over 50s life insurance following a Which? Report which found whole-of-life policies offered better cover.

Covering the cost of a funeral without getting into debt would need quick access to cash for 41% of families, a poll by Engage Mutual has found.

Aegon's results for the first 10 weeks of its latest whole of life offering have exceeded expectations for the provider with the results described as 'fantastic' by its protection director.

Legal & General (L&G) has announced it is to spend £1m on its Relevant Life Plan (RLP) to provide online submissions and allow for online submissions.

Engage Mutual has launched an adviser campaign to highlight how it can make quick payouts on its over-50s life cover.

The proportion of critical illness complaints upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service rose by 1% to 25% in the July-September 2014 quarter.

Those living in rented accommodation are half as likely as mortgaged households to have any protection policies and only 15% are saving to have a mortgage.

A fifth (22%) of people fund their funerals through life insurance policies, research by Royal London has found.