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Life and pensions specialist LV= has strengthened its partnership with the Tenet Group.

As part of a series of offers to mark its 10th birthday, from 22 April Bright Grey will offer customers a year's free critical illness cover when they apply for life cover under its personal protection menu.

Industry experts are calling for the formation of a specialist trade body to fill the need in the protection industry for a unified voice.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) blocked just 30 out of a possible 227,000 applications from individuals to join the financial sector in the six years since the banking crisis erupted, a rejection rate of just 0.01%.

NHS centralisation and increasing transparency on prices and services will significantly narrow the range of mental health services available, Laing and Buisson has warned.

Workplace health initiatives, specifically for mental health, should be treated as part of a firms operational risk profile not as separate a health issue, according to behavioural psychologists.

Loose central bank policies could threaten global financial stability when interest rates rise as lenders become "addicted" to central bank financing, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

Bupa has announced completion of its acquisition of the largest private healthcare provider in Poland at a price of £325.5m.

The insurance industry needs to build packages that are more accessible to lower earners and smaller workers to help bring rising sickness absences down, Dame Carol Black has said.

Work is a "fantastic place" to help support public health issues and it is "ridiculous" for government to be expected to singularly tackle these problems, Dame Carol Black has said.