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Healthcare providers will not compete for NHS contracts on price following a clarification from the government.

The government is proposing to make it illegal to discriminate against older people, which would ban insurers using age to judge risk unless they have "solid evidence" it would make a difference.

An exception for employers offering group risk benefits has been included in Government plans to scrap the default retirement age (DRA).

Dissatisfaction over certain private medical insurers' financial arrangements with consultants has spilled into the political arena. Edward Murray examines what lies behind the headlines

Mortgage advisers are more efficient at selling protection than IFAs, John Cupis tells Paul Robertson, while IFAs have decisions to make

With the protection sector dominated by giants of the insurance world, Owain Thomas spoke to Cirencester friendly's Paul Hudson to hear a smaller provider's view

As the dust settles, Peter Barnett gives his view of the Spending Review's impact on financial services and the economy in general

At a key time for state and insurance sector relations, Owain Thomas meets the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services' new chairman, Jonathan Evans MP

Has the government's long awaited spending review focused the publics' mind on protection and health insurance to any meaningful degree, and do you think the industry will capitalise on it?

The Government is to bring in a single credit for those out of work, for whatever reason.