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A breast cancer drug has been pulled from NHS treatment because it was not proving cost-effective, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has reported.

From a Financial Services Ombudsman update to panel discussions with interactive voting; this year's COVER forum programme has been finalised.

The government has invited high-profile NHS hospitals to set up profit-making branches abroad to raise UK funds and the service's international profile.

Drop-offs in conversion rates on aggregator sites are either at the beginning or at payment stage, a comparison site has said.

Reported modest growth in company-paid PMI policies may be short-lived, Passport2Health has said.

Aviva has swooped to appoint a new head of fraud for underwriting, pricing and product to boost front-end fraud detection.

The number of insurance companies going bust plummeted by 86.1% last month, compared to July 2011, according to statistics published today by Experian.

Overall penetration of the UK population by private medical cover has hit the lowest rate in more than 20 years while employer-paid cash plans buck the downward trend, Laing and Buisson has reported.

The number of older people living with cancer in the UK is set to treble by 2040 with increased demand on health services, Macmillan has reported.

Britons need to seriously review their finances and prioritise neglected protection, Bright Grey has urged.