Vitality has declared the fourth quarter of 2014 their best ever three month period with £15m of new business.

Bupa has chosen Age UK as its partner charity for the next two years, with the aim of raising £1m for the charity.

The word protection has ‘toxic' connotations due to consumers wrongly associating products with the PPI scandal, according to the chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Insurance and Financial services.

Unum is the life & protection insurer with the highest rate of upheld complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

Richard Bowden, managing director of Bupa UK has written an essay calling for the integration of health and social care.

Swiss Re saw a loss of $462m on its life and health reinsurance business, which it attributed to changes in its US business.

Aegon UK's new protection single premiums for annuities and protection fell by 53% in 2014, with sales of £1.6bn in 2014 compared to £3.4bn in 2013.

Columbus Direct has launched a direct to consumer income protection policy.

The NHS has missed one of the targets for waiting times for patients receiving treatment for cancer following their GP's referral, official statistics have shown.

Chase Templeton has reported an increase in the number of brokers and intermediaries wanting to sell their businesses.