The insurance sector has been chastised for not engaging well enough with politicians and advisers have been urged to lobby their MPs.

Ellipse has improved the way it calculates free cover limits on its group life schemes.

Last night COVER recognised the best work of those in the health insurance and protection world.

Louise Colley from Aviva picked up the Outstanding Achievement Award at last night's COVER Excellence Awards.

Legal & General has warned that advisers could be vulnerable to complaints action is they fail to ensure that business protection clients have completed the correct legal paperwork.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reportedly pushing for GPs to be required to encourage patients with long term medical conditions to go back to work.

Aviva has reduced its not taken up (NTU) rates for protection products by a quarter over the last three years.

Lord Robert Winston has slammed the government's Health and Social Care Bill saying there was "a hell of a lot wrong with it" and said it did not address patients basic medical needs.

Stress and other mental health issues are now the most common reason for people absent from work, new research has found.

Allianz has extended the range of pre-existing health conditions it will cover on its Worldwide Care international private medical insurance (IPMI) plan.