Sesame Bankhall, the combined IFA network and support services proposition, saw profits jump 66% last year to £5m.
Friends Life is to consolidate its individual protection streams onto a single platform, based around the recently acquired Bupa proposition.
Life cover for women could rise by up to 30% after the announcement of a new tax structure for protection products and other recent industry developments, according to RGA.
The Government will no longer remove the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance for people in residential care.
Lifesearch has revealed it is considering entering the general insurance broker market.
Legal & General has announced "improvements" to its online quote and apply system OLP Connect.
Aviva has boosted services on its Get Active website for Aviva's private medical insurance (PMI), cash plan and group risk customers.
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has called on the Chancellor to remove tax disincentives in the treatment of employer-paid private medical insurance (PMI).
Aegon UK has published individual protection claims data showing 95% of life claims and 91% of critical illness claims were paid in 2010.
Brokers servicing the SME sector are missing revenue in personal accident insurance (PA), according to a survey by Groupama Insurances.