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Ageas has confirmed it is looking for a "clearer strategy" for its income protection (IP) product as the market moves to own occupation underwriting.

Partnership is launching a mentoring and financial support scheme for young athletes in surrey, where the long term care annuity provider has offices.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) stance on simplified advice means members are unlikely to develop propositions in the area.

Friends Life paid 90% of claims under its critical illness plans last year., 1,565 claims admitted and processed out of 1,733.

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.