The cost of dying rose again last year, according to a new report which suggests loved ones left responsible for making funeral arrangements are unprepared for the burden.

Cigna has become the first UK insurer offering occupational health services to gain the Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Services (SEQOHS) accreditation.

Grid has argued that incentivisation is the best way for the protection market to expand - not compulsion.

Defaqto has released a guide to short-term income protection (STIP) and said it believes new opportunities are emerging in the market despite the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI).

Medical professions have rejected claims by the Prime Minister that the amended NHS reforms have their full support.

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants are the most dissatisfied with their service from the Job Centre, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Aegon paid 94% of critical illness (CI) claims in the first half of the year, a 3% increase on its overall result for 2010 (91%).

As the government renewed its attempt to push forward the Health and Social Care Bill it has published a list of ten myths which it claims are being used to de-rail its progress.

Middle aged Britons are the unhealthiest in the world, according to new research.

PruProtect has called for protection insurance to be made compulsory and said it is already seeing signs of advisers switching to protection to anticipate the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).