Bupa's half-year results have highlighted this year's large-scale investment and strength in international markets and care services.

NHS dental activity has fallen since March but the overall picture is mixed, quarterly dental commissioning statistics have shown.

A Sheffield hospital has been admitted to the AXA PPP network to treat its insured and self-pay patients.

Patient suffering needs to be avoided in the current conflict between two NHS organisations on care funding, the NHS Confederation has warned.

Schemes to help unemployed people get work are not slave labour but clarity needs to be improved, a Judicial review has ruled.

The Income Protection Task Force has championed the recognition of the need for simple income replacement products in the recent steering group report on simple products.

British Friendly has been added to Sesame's approved list of protection providers.

Allianz UK boss Andrew Torrance has attributed the insurer's on-going growth to its "continuity of strategy and approach" with brokers in the market place.

Legal & General has made a number of significant changes to its critical illness plans.

The emergence of simplified products will need to be clear on target consumer and its impact on more complex product advice, Avelo has said.