Cirencester Friendly chief executive officer Paul Hudson is to retire from the firm after 25 years at the helm.

Life insurance claims rose by 17% in 2020 at protection provider Aegon.

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.

LV= has paid out over £12m in Coronavirus-related claims to more than 1,400 life, critical illness and income protection insurance policyholders and families since the start of the pandemic.