Aviva paid out £513m on claims in 2014, an increase on the 2013 figure of £505m as it released its annual claims statistics.

VitalityLife paid £25m in 2014 to customers claiming on life serious illness and income protection policies, an increase of 66% compared to 2013.

VitalityLife has promoted Deepak Jobanputra, formerly product and actuarial director, as deputy CEO.

The NHS' provision of services to patients is beginning to struggle to meet targets beyond A&E, a briefing from the Nuffield Trust has warned.

Engage mutual is asking advisers and brokers to give feedback on their offering as they merge with Family Investments.

Improvements to the NHS' cancer services have lost momentum in the last two years, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned.

Aon has launched a health risk forecaster to help companies understand their future health expenditure and control risks.

Friends Life has launched ‘Global Treatment' with Best Doctors as an add-on to its protection policies offering policyholders the option of going abroad for serious illness treatment.

Teresa Fritz is to join the executive committee of the Income Protection Task Force from 1 April 2015.

The Financial Inclusion Commission (FIC) has called for a minister for financial health to lead on financial inclusion and capability.