All articles by Ronan Mccaughey

Ronan Mccaughey

New York Life launches LTC product with dividend opportunity

New York Life has launched a long-term care (LTC) insurance product called NYL Secure Care, which enables family and friends to be financially reimbursed for care they provide.

Vitality extends partnership with Olympic gold medallist

Health and life insurer Vitality has announced a three year extension of its partnership with Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill.

Sun Life Financial to acquire remaining 51% of CIMB Sun Life in Indonesia

Sun Life Financial (SLF) is to acquire the remaining 51% of PT CIMB Sun Life (CSL), a life insurance company in Indonesia, through the purchase of additional shares of CSL from its long-term partner, CIMB Group.

ABI data reveal annuities seeing a revival in popularity

Data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) shows that one year since the introduction of pension freedoms reforms in the UK, initial demand for cashing in pensions is settling down.

Demand for insurance mobile apps outstrips supply by almost four times

A total of 93% of British consumers want more choice over how they communicate with insurers – but that demand is not being met, according to a survey sponsored by GMC Software.

Royal London: ‘Robo-advice could open up protection insurance’

Royal London’s head of protection Debbie Kennedy has said robo-advice is an area the UK mutual life and pensions company is looking at since it has the potential to open up protection to the mass market.

US provider Aflac launches group hospital indemnity product

Aflac, a US voluntary insurance provider at the worksite, has launched a group hospital indemnity product.

Deloitte survey reveals capital management risk for European insurers

Fewer than half of European insurers have a dedicated capital management department, according to Deloitte’s 2016 EMEA Capital Management in Insurance Survey.

AIA Group opens training centre in Bangkok

Pan-Asian life insurance provider, AIA Group, has opened a leadership centre in Bangkok to strengthen and expand AIA’s senior talent pool.

Exciting growth potential for Kenya’s life insurance market

Kenya’s life insurance industry is forecast to more than double from KES56.6bn ($558.1m) in 2014 to KES130bn in 2019 – driven by stable economic growth and an expansion in the middle class population – according to a report from Timetric’s Insurance Intelligence Center (IIC).