Private medical insurer The Exeter has added a range of prestigious hospitals in central London to the hospital list for its Health Cover for Me and Health Choices for Me plans.

In the famous words of Benjamin Franklin, in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. Many mistakenly believe, however, that inheritance is the same.

Aegon UK has today published claims data which shows a total of £123.4 million was paid in claims for life (including terminal illness), critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP), helping more than 1,300 families and businesses in 2016.

Aviva Ventures, Aviva plc's venture capital arm, has invested in Owlstone Medical Ltd, a medical diagnostics company developing a breathalyser that can detect diseases at a very early stage.

iPipeline's Paul Yates says there are several areas the industry can target in order to boost protection sales.

When the HMRC consultation was launched on 10/08/16 with a closing date of 19/10/16, good and bad things emerged as a result of the industry's focus on this area of work, writes Paul Avis.

Why the changing face of global mobility requires a new approach to expat health cover, says Cigna Health Benefits' John Kaye.

Fiona Murphy rounds up key points from the Association of Medical Insurer and Intermediaries AGM held yesterday.

Now that the dust has settled after the consultations on the Green Paper and the new single financial guidance body (SFGB) it is time to look forward to how we can make progress towards making the households of the UK resilient in the event of sickness...

There has been a 'resilient' performance of the protection market in 2016 with sales of £521.0 million, up from the 2015 total of £457.3 million (+13.9%), Equifax Touchstone analysis has revealed.