Swiss Re

Private health insurance premiums in emerging markets are ‘set to double' by 2020 as people want and can afford more healthcare, according to analysis.

Swiss Re saw a loss of $462m on its life and health reinsurance business, which it attributed to changes in its US business.

The whole of life (WoL) market is seeing growth as it emerges from the shadow of earlier decline, writes Thomas Smith

Swiss Re has reported a dramatic decrease in its life and health insurance business, its nine month figures for 2014 have revealed.

The number of over-65s will increase by 80% to nearly 1 billion over the next 15 years making elderly care needs one of the biggest global challenges for insurers and stakeholders, a report has warned.

Unum has announced it will increase the number of staff on its sales team who work face to face with brokers in a bid to grow the UK protection market.

Insurers should bring back mutuality to the protection industry with peer to peer (P2P) insurance to be considered, delegates at the Protection Review conference heard.

Some of you may recall a Canada Life article saying the gauntlet is thrown - on the back of pensions automatic enrolment (AE) we need to grow the group risk market in terms of employer schemes, as well as premiums and employees covered.

Individual protection sales declined significantly during 2013; Swiss Re has found.

Pension reforms are driving the most prominent changes in group life. Fiona Murphy takes a look at market developments.