Mental illness was the most common income protection claim for Zurich in 2020, the provider has revealed.

Over 6,000 life, critical illness and income protection customers have received payments from protection provider Zurich in 2020, a rise of 23% on the previous year.

Retirement solutions and platform provider Embark is planning a tie-up with Openwork, one of the UK’s largest adviser networks, which will see Embark's new Advance platform become the lead supplier to Openwork’s 2,000 advisers for five years until 2026.

Pension and investment group Embark has rebranded the Zurich Investment and Retail Platform after completing the takeover of the business.