LifeSearch has announced a deal with Scottish Widows that will see a dedicated team of specialist advisers offering business loan protection advice to SME customers through Lloyds Bank's Commercial Banking division.

Demand for UK private medical cover increased in 2015 reversing a declining trend in recent years according to LaingBuisson.

AXA PPP Healthcare is sponsoring the NEW OLD exhibition exploring the potential for design and designers to enhance the experience of later lives.

Aviva has enhanced its Group Critical Illness (GCIC) policy, including cover for child-specific illnesses - which they describe as "a first in the UK."

The government has announced that the new Bereavement Support Payment which comes into effect in April this year will be extended from 1 year to 18 months, although payments are now lower on a monthly basis.

Health Shield has acquired Prevent plc, a specialist in workplace health screening and occupational health risk surveillance assessment.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has told MPs he no longer believes Brexit to be the biggest risk to the financial stability of the UK.

After the British Red Cross last week compared the pressures facing the NHS to a "humanitarian crisis", nurses have reported serious concerns over the quality of care they can provide, in what for many are "the worst conditions they have ever experienced."...

The workplace could be the best place for the mass adoption of health tech in the UK helping to improve and maintain employees' health through company wellness programmes - if only workers got more support from their employers, research has found.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has today published guidelines on electronic paperless requests for medical information from GPs that insurers need when providing protection insurance.