The Law Commission has released a recommendation for a statute and code of practice to pave the way for a coherent social care system.

COVER magazine in conversation with Friends Life's CEO Trevor Matthews

Legal & General has paid increased combined death and critical illness claims for the fifth year running.

Around two thirds of insurance brokers have highlighted price comparison sites as their greatest challenge, according to a new survey.

Aviva has enhanced benefits on its international Private Medical Insurance offering.

Long-term care (LTC) has always been in the ‘too difficult' box, as successive government reviews and think tanks have advocated varying roles for the private insurance sector.

Over half (57%) of IFAs will target protection sales as a source of new revenue post Retail Distribution Review (RDR), Aviva has found.

Birmingham Council's raising eligibility thresholds for adult care to "critical" have been judged unlawful.

Morgan Price International Healthcare has launched a new expatriate health insurance plan, ESSENTIALCare.

This week the Strategic Society Centre put out a proposal for a National Care Fund to fund the personal care of older people, which could be administered and underwritten by the private sector.