More than one in five (23%) Brits with savings say they wouldn't last longer than a couple of months if they were unable to work, yet less than one in 20 protects their income, according to research from Scottish Widows.

Paul Avis says its time to rethink the state benefit link on group income protection policies.

Now Health International has revealed the top twenty diagnoses for its international private medical insurance (IPMI) customers in terms of frequency since the company started trading in 2011.

The Exeter, has completed its acquisition of the cash plan provider Engage Mutual Health from fellow mutual OneFamily.

The Association of British Insurers has confirmed plans to move from its "expensive" Gresham Street headquarters to 1 America Square in a bid to lower costs for members.

British Friendly Society's finance director Lee Schopp has become the Institute of Directors' (IoD) New Chartered Director of the Year 2015.

Canada Life has announced a number of senior management team changes from 1st November 2015, which affect both the Individual Protection and Group Protection leadership.

Chase Templeton has 'strengthened' its position within the SME sector of the company medical insurance market with the acquisition of Wiltshire-based Healthcare Solutions.

Insurer Aviva has made savings of £91m from its acquisition of rival provider Friends Life and said the merger was "everything we expected it to be", in its third quarter results.

Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (Cigna) and Archangel have united to improve access to specialist detoxification support at home for Cigna's customers.