Sovereign Health Care is calling on chancellor George Osborne to scrap Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) for health cash plans, whether funded by employers or individuals, in the forthcoming Autumn Statement.

Seven Families has announced that the Pickfords, whose main breadwinner Paul Pickford was unable to work after suffering a stroke, is the third family for its campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of income protection.

The House of Lords has appointed a new special public bill committee on the Insurance Bill.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reluctant to provide further guidance on key advisory issues on which it has already offered direction, suggesting it would not be helpful.

Only a third of advisers are currently qualified to provide long term care advice despite growing interest from advisers in the area, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has found.

Adrian Stevenson on the lessons the protection market can learn from car insurers in tackling deliberate non-disclosure

VitalityHealth has introduced a 'VitalityGP' service allowing customers access to a GP consultation via online diagnosis.

VitalityLife, formerly known as PruProtect, is launching two income protection policies and a life cover policy which gives policyholders the opportunity to pay for care costs, to the UK market.

More than a third of employees say the benefits they are offered at work in addition to salary and holiday entitlements increased their loyalty to their employer, according to research from MetLife Employee Benefits.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chairman John Griffith-Jones said he is glad the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) did not take longer than expected, saying it achieved its aims despite failing to distinguish between guidance and advice.