Technology

UK Company Secures £1.8m Funding For New Screening Tech

Every brand active in the Life and Critical Illness sector knows how important testing and screening can be, so this is interesting news; A Newcastle-based company has raised over £ 1.85 million of funding to […]

News

Royal London Strikes Deal With Aegon

The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited (Royal London), the UK’s largest life, pensions, and investment mutual has announced it has reached an agreement with Aegon UK to acquire its individual protection line of business, […]

Insurance Brokers

L&G Upgrades Protection Proposition to Reflect Inflation

Legal & General Retail has updated its Protection Proposition, offering greater financial support to customers and their families. The changes include: Increased payments made for Children’s Critical Illness Extra (from £30,000 to £35,000), and the […]

Global insurance trends

Geneva Association Highlights Mental Health Issues

The Geneva Association thinks insurers can do more to offer coverage on mental health issues. But in an era when people expect their government to resolve most of their financial problems with means tested benefits, […]

Opinion

Life Insurance Isn’t Selling Itself, What Can The Industry Do?

Some thoughts on how tech can help insurance brands arrest the decline in Life insurance cover in the US market, by Bob Gaydos, CEO at Pendella Technologies. Ask anyone who works in the life insurance […]

News

Life & Critical Illness Sector Faces a Mortality Data Challenge

Will insurers and actuaries see the recent trend in excess mortality as a blip, or something that presages the future? It’s a profound question because the causes of death are inextricably linked not only to […]

InsureTech

Bluezone Expands its Health/Illness Cover Offer

Bluezone, an insurtech reinventing life insurance for people with chronic illnesses has secured its first-choice global reinsurer to partner with as it remains on track to launch its first product in Q1 of 2023. Following […]