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The Information Commissioner (ICO) has clarified its position and warned insurers that using rights in the Data Protection Act (DPA) to access patients' entire medical record is ‘inappropriate and an abuse of that right'.

GPs providing full patient medical records at the request of insurance firms risk breaking data protection laws, an investigation by the ICO (Information Commissioner Office) has warned.

UnderwriteMe has launched its system at an event in London, with its Martin Werth, CEO of UnderwriteMe saying it would 'address the protection famine'.

iPipeline has launched the open market version of its quote tool 'Solution Builder' to all advisers in the protection market.

Munich Re's Adrian Stevenson says the life insurance industry has three key issues to tackle if it is to truly grow the protection market.

Figures from Friends Life have shown that in 2014 men made up 87% of claims for broken bones while women made up 13% of these claims.

ActiveQuote will provide life insurance comparison services to customers of uSwitch.

Munich Re's Mike Bolshaw discusses the issues around suicide exclusions built into life insurance policies.

The Finance & Technology Research Centre (F&TRC) has launched a tool for advisers, the Quality Analyser Research and Panel Selection comparison service for protection.

Peter de Vries discusses the case for wellness and multinationals in his presentation on group risk pooling.