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Following a record year for protection sales, Pink Network has launched a life desk facility to help place more complex life and protection cases.

Actuarial consultancy Punter Southall has found evidence that HR departments are sitting on huge data inaccuracies that leaving staff un-insured, potentially meaning their companies are unknowingly holding millions of pounds worth of self-insured liabilities....

Allianz Worldwide Care has reported "exceptional" levels of growth during 2012, with a 27% increase in gross written premium (GWP) and a 31% increase in the number of insured lives.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will not seek to pre-approve products, according to CEO-designate Martin Wheatley.

AXA PPP healthcare's membership base grew by 11% in 2012.

Two out of five clients will decline taking out life cover even after full explanation of the insurance and its benefits, a chartered financial planner has said.

Kudos Financial Services is to release flexible benefits portal software into the employee benefits arena on 20 March.

Treatment final guidance has been published for sufferers of common heart conditions.

The FSA has said it will provide further guidance on short-term income protection if it received individual demand for it, according to an attendee at a meeting with the regulator yesterday.

Demand for breast cancer gene testing as a preventative measure is rising and emerging tests may be a key factor in supporting financially-troubled state healthcare systems, a research and consulting firm has reported.