Life

An entirely-online provider has entered the market in an aim to modernise life insurance.

Two in five would not miss a tenner a month, yet healthcare insurance remains low on the agenda, Bright Grey has said.

Mercer Employee Benefits is to defend itself at the High Court later this year after a hotel group filed a £250,000 claim for breach of contract.

Most UK life insurers are sheltered from the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone and have consequently reported strong 2011 results, Fitch Ratings has said.