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PruHealth and PruProtect have announced a new joint venture between their parent company, Discovery Limited (Discovery) and AIA Group Limited (AIA) to introduce Vitality to the Asia-Pacific region.

Regulatory service provider The Consulting Consortium (TCC) has launched an analysis service aimed at helping financial adviser firms review client files for potential unsuitability.

FirstAssist Insurance Services has launched two new insurance products, Surgery Cash Plan and Simple Critical Illness.

Take-up of employer funded cash-plans increased by 15.4% as ‘polarised trends' dominated the cash plan market, Laing and Buisson has revealed.

Demand for health cover was solid in 2012 and the number of policies moved upward, according to healthcare intelligence provider Laing and Buisson.

The employee assistance programme (EAP) sector has grown by 69% since 2008 totalling a current value of £69.13m, research reveals.

The CII has added a level-4 protection module to its Cert CII (Health and Protection) qualification.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has seen a 179% increase in complaints about financial products and services in the first quarter of the 2013/14 financial year.

The Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) has suggested that without effective support for the 57% of older people who fund all or part of their own care (‘self funders') the entire structure of social care is at risk.

Foresters Friendly Society's investment Bond can now be written on a joint life, second death basis, it said better suits the requirements of both adviser clients and consumers transacting directly with the company.