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Insurers have applauded news the ABI is to refine definitions insurers use to report claims pay-out rates to ensure greater consistency across the industry.

Critical illness heart attack definitions are under scrutiny as medical advances redefine the condition, as Joan Coverson explains the main conditions covered under CI policies in the UK have been subject to standardised definitions, determined by the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FSA) is launching a strategic review into the claims process in general insurance.

Nicola Culley examines recently launched individual critical illness plans that typify both poles of the market.

Victims of asbestos-related cancer in the workplace will receive increased financial support and benefit from a simpler claims process under a new Bill introduced by the government.

Advisers have called for more detail and clarity around claims statistics, following the publication of income protection (IP) figures from Friends Life earlier today.

The Consumer Insurance Act is the first formal change in law in this space for more than 100 years. Paul Dalgliesh looks at the implications for insurers and advisers.

Having read recent calls from the protection insurance market in the media about the formation of a specialist protection insurance group, Protect and its members are willing to support such an entity.

The New Year did not start auspiciously for the Treasury simple products initiative and income protection insurance.

Protection specialist and former Associate Director of the ABI, Nick Kirwan has joined the executive team of the Income Protection Task Force.