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CIExpert has released its assessment of changes Aegon has made to its critical illness policy.

Gender-targeted innovation post-gender neutralisation will be difficult to establish and could work against the debate around simple products, Legal and General has said.

AMII members voted for insurers to join membership in an emergency general meeting today, and Bupa is set to be the first to sign.

Bupa is set to distribute individual PMI through brokers again and is currently testing a proposition with advisers.

In the first of a planned series of protection policy improvements, Ageas Protect has extended its existing partnership with Best Doctors and now gives all new customers access to expert medical opinions as soon as their policy goes on-risk.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is set to ask the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to increase the amount it levies firms by £5.3m to £23m.

Laing & Buisson has launched a care homes comparison product in a bid to fill the void made by the termination of the Care Quality Commission's star rating system in 2010.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should tighten up the way some providers market their services, according to one adviser who says he is continually bombarded by providers pushing commission.

There is not enough competition among insurers and hospitals, Jelf Employee benefits has warned.

Gender-neutral increases will move providers away from competing on price and restore a more consumer-led market, Friends Life has said.