Unum has launched Sick Pay Insurance (SPI), a new group protection product to help employers and employees manage short breaks from work due to illness and injury.

A research project exploring the link between poor oral health and cardiovascular disease has been awarded funding as a result of a Simplyhealth media drive.

Bupa has seen member complaints increase by 50% as PMI complaints have jumped to a two-year high for a number of major insurers, The Competition Commission has revealed.

Nuffield Health has raised £18.6 million for its Nuffield Health Bond, surpassing its initial target of £15m.

Most elderly people will be required to sell their homes in order to afford to fund care costs, according to care fees planning advisers.

Nearly one in five (19%) of people in the UK aged 16 and over have displayed some forms of anxiety or depression, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has found.

Simplyhealth has partnered with wellbeing specialist Robertson Cooper to support employees' health through its ‘Good Day at Work' network.

International health insurance (IPMI) should be seen as a ‘priority' due to a reported increase in SMEs planning to expand their businesses overseas, Expacare has urged.

Employers are failing to understand or measure the effect of employee health programmes and its strategic value for their business models, research has found.

Senior industry figures will debate the key issues affecting private medical insurance (PMI) at the upcoming annual conference of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII.)