AXA PPP's Gavin Shay discusses how advisers can make the most of private healthcare opportunities with the SMEs in a video filmed at a recent Adviser Clinic with COVER magazine.

Aegon increased its protection sales in the UK by 18% according to the insurer's QI results.

Royal London Protection Intermediary sales increased by 37% to £147m, according to the insurer's new business results for the 3 months ending 31 March 2016.

Jelf International has bought attention to new health insurance regulations in Dubai which may prove costly for employers and employees in the region.

Legal & General paid 96% of all group protection claims in 2015, worth a total of £266m - representing almost a fifth (18.88%) of the industry total of £1.4bn.

Munich Re has seen its quarterly profits fall by 45%, causing the group to revise downward its annual profit forecast.

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Vicki Leslie discusses the value of health cover for construction workers as a skills shortage is adding pressure.

Cirencester Friendly experienced total income growth of 5.2% from £16.7m in 2014 to £17.6m in 2015, its 126th Annual Report and Accounts have shown.

Income protection sales increased by 10.7% during 2015 according to Swiss Re's Term and Health Watch 2016.