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There has been a significant increase in organised insurance fraud, the National Fraud Authority (NFA) has found but not targeted at protection and health insurance markets.

Cancer Research UK's commercial arm, Cancer Research Technology, (CRT), and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have created a £50m investment fund bridging a funding gap between cancer drug discovery and early development.

The FSA today said individuals making personal recommendations to retail clients via a simplified advice process must be qualified to the same minimum standard as those providing full advice.

Following FSA warnings advisers cannot afford to ignore the care sector, annuity provider Partnership is offering advice to IFAs who want to enter the care fees advice arena.

Private Medical Insurance (PMI) provider WPA has released evidence the tax treatment of its Corporate Deductible schemes is sanctioned by the taxman.

Employing wellbeing strategies in the workplace will backfire if the workforce believe the aim is to get more work out of them Simplyhealth has said.

The Government has announced a competition offering £4m funding for businesses to address the nation's biggest health problems.

Legal & General paid a total of £441 million combined death and critical illness claims in 2011, up from £373 million in 2010 and a new record for the firm.

AXA PPP healthcare is supporting the UK's largest women only fundraising event, Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2012.

Most UK life insurers are sheltered from the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone and have consequently reported strong 2011 results, Fitch Ratings has said.