Employers closing Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes should revisit their sickness provision to avoid a costly ‘protection gap', warns Group Risk Development (GRiD.)

Health Shield intends to expand its voluntary corporate business in 2013 by encouraging more intermediaries to tap into an ‘unrealised' commission stream.

LV= has enhanced its critical illness (CI) cover with changes including the addition of partial payments for minor heart attack and stroke and an increase in maximum age.

Adviser network Openwork is launching a new marketing support drive aimed at helping owner-advisers build their brand identity.

Scottish Widows has published details of its life and critical illness (CI) claims with an average of nearly £4 million paid out every week during 2012.

Bupa has announced they have teamed up with AIG to develop a range of products and services for the travel insurance market.

Ashwin Mistry is set to become president of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in 2014.

Caring for older people at home will be vital to ease the pressure on Scotland's health and social care services, health secretary Alex Neil said today.

Over two in five advisers (41%) do not use any social media networks at all, according to Aviva research.

Law firm Farley Dwek has launched a ‘no fund, no fee' service which includes support from legal experts and nurses to help clients mitigate long-term care costs through NHS entitlement.