Swiss Re

As the number of people with group income protection rises, Thomas Smith looks at how the industry is faring.

Swiss Re saw its net income increase 11% to $2.3bn in the first half of 2015, the reinsurer's second quarter results have revealed.

Swiss Re surveyed 13,000 people across 13 countries in Europe and the Middle East about financial security issues. The responses and findings are both impressive and alarming, says Russell Higginbotham

Swiss Re is to offer a direct to consumer (D2C) digital platform to insurers to sell protection products online, in partnership with Backbase.

The global insurance industry grew in 2014 with life premiums seeing growth of 4.3% after a decline of 1.8% in 2013, Swiss Re's sigma study of 2014 has found.

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a USA based non-profit organsiation has launched a London division.

The gap between people's needs if they became critically ill or disabled and what they would have is €750bn across 13 European & Middle Eastern countries, a report from Swiss Re has found.

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

Alan Sparks of Canada Life looks at what can be done to cross the barriers to growth that the group life market faces

The number of people insured under group risk schemes expanded by almost 1.25m between 2010 and 2014, new figures from Swiss Re have revealed.