Capita Financial Software has launched a new version of its Synaptic Research software.

Friends Provident has launched a trust toolkit to ensure that trusts are high on the agenda for adviser's customers to consider.

International private medical insurer InterGlobal, believes many expatriates are purchasing health insurance plans with inadequate emergency medical evacuation cover.

Bupa Individual Protection has added more than 130 own occupation definitions to its individual income protection proposition including dentists, surgeons and college lecturers.

Protection expert Kevin Carr has set up Kevin Carr Consulting, which will provide consultancy, public relations, marketing and training services to the protection and wider financial services industry.

All Canada Life small scheme (below 50 lives) Group Life assurance business transacted via the CLASS (Canada Life Automated Self Service) online portal is to be discounted by on average 10%.

Swiss Re says the insurance and reinsurance sectors will continue their "U-shaped" recoveries in 2010, alongside the major global economies.

AXA PPP healthcare has announced a new structure and team to serve the intermediary healthcare market.

Foster Denovo envisages the market will continue to experience similar challenges in the first half of 2010, and employers are going to be continually working to keep costs down.

Legal & General (L&G) has increased the maximum benefit on its Group Income Protection scheme from £300,000 to £350,000 for all new and switching schemes.