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With critical illness insurers covering nearly 40 different conditions, Johanna Gornitzki questions whether any of these illnesses should be scrapped

Scottish Equitable has joined forces with RED ARC to bring a new emotional support element to its group critical illness insurance

Budget protection is rarely treated as a serious option by advisers and customers but it may not be as much of an oxymoron as some people believe, reports Georgina Kenyon

Insurers are turning to technology to combat healthcare fraud in response to a rising number of deceptions in recent years, explains Dr Simon Peck

The cost to employers of absence is rising - and more and more workers are taking time off for stress. This means healthcare cash plans are coming into their own, writes Raman Sankaran

SLE, a disease which takes its name from the Latin for wolf, sees the body's immune system attack its own vital organs, writes Nicola Wharrier

The UK is lagging behind many other major world economies in its attitude to rehabilitation - and when we close the gap, we will save billions of pounds, writes Deborah Edwards

Some 50,000 old people a year are forced to sell their homes to fund care when they can no longer look after themselves - so why is long term care dying a death, asks Samantha Downes

It is extremely hard to recognise in the early stages, because it shares symptoms with many illnesses - but motor neurone disease is incurable and debilitating, writes Steven Hislop

Advisers in the international private medical insurance market can look forward to a glowing future as more Britons head overseas to sunnier climes. Georgina Kenyon reports