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Consumers increasingly appreciate the need for protection insurance when they are told about the limitations of state benefits, new research has found.

The government is seeking to cut half a million people from the disability benefits list when the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is introduced.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) will focus on 'proportionate and cost effective regulation' for members its 2012 manifesto has said.

The government has suffered a significant setback in its welfare reform agenda after the House of Lords defeated three of the coalition's main proposals.

The Government is to work with industry to introduce "high tech Healthcare" for people with long term health conditions.

Andrew Dilnot has branded suggestions that the government could delay moves to tackle long-term care reforms until 2025 as "unacceptable".

Disabled people living in residential care will continue to have their additional mobility needs met, the Government has announced.

With the Department of Work and Pensions to publish its Sickness Absence Review on Monday, the UK Rehabilitation Council (UKRC) is urging government to lead in proactive return-to-work strategies.

The government's assertion that the National Health Service is inefficient and ineffective in treating cancer has been challenged by academics.

The NHS Future Forum is to conduct a second stage of its listening exercise following a request by the government to assess its revised proposals.