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Standard Life Healthcare has bought FirstAssist's private medical insurance (PMI) business for an undisclosed sum.

Continued improvements in medical developments means that pricing risk in the protection market is a complicated business. Alan Martin explains

The widely held belief that B vitamins can protect against heart attack and stroke is unfounded, members of the European Society of Cardiology have been told.

Strokes are more common among women than breast cancer, but, as Vanessa Leyland explains, there is a lot more that needs to be known

What lies ahead?

Stress: Therapy can stave off onset of mental illness

Think Tank: Delegates debate the likelihood of PTA surviving beyond A-day

Regulation: Insurer reveals that technical difficulties delayed ABI compliance

Westfield Health has reshaped its cash plans in order to keep pace with the changes to the NHS. The Advantage and the Good4You plans now include improved benefits for the most popular dental and optical cover.

Industry: Insurer loses business in the face of criticism over processing times