Legal & General (L&G) has responded to the call from the ABI for protection to have a greater role in reducing the state's welfare burden.

Friends Life has reported an 11% increase in its protection business; its Q3 2014 results have shown.

Some 3.6 million over-50s are unpaid carers, research by Saga Personal finance has found.

Standard Life's Barry O'Dwyer has been confirmed in his appointment as chairman of the long-term savings and life insurance committee (LTSLIC).

The Finance & Technology Research Centre (F&TRC) has launched a tool for advisers, the Quality Analyser Research and Panel Selection comparison service for protection.

The Better Care Fund's (BCF) early preparation and planning did not match the scale of the plan's ambitions, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

ALC Health has announced it will have all its claims handling carried out by Healix International from 1 January 2015.

Discovery has acquired the remaining 25% stake in the holding company which owns PruHealth and PruProtect, Prudential Health Holdings.

The Seven Families campaign has announced the second family to benefit from the scheme, the Pinders.

Multinational pooling is proving profitable for global companies with average returns of 6.1%, research by Towers Watson has found.