The insurance industry made a total contribution of £10.4bn to the Exchequer, a report from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and PWC has revealed.
Scottish Provident paid 91% of critical illness (CI) claims during the first half of the year.
Employers have woken up to the importance of improving benefits provision for their employees to maintain staff morale, research has found.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has rejected another cancer drug for the NHS due to its cost.
The NHS exceeded all seven of its targets for cancer diagnosis and treatment during the last year, new data has revealed.
Customers find insurance terminology and information the most difficult to understand compared to many other sectors including banking, according to new research.
Living on state benefits would require significant lifestyle changes for those found too sick to work compared to being employed, a team of bloggers has found.
The NHS Future Forum is to conduct a second stage of its listening exercise following a request by the government to assess its revised proposals.
More than 11,000 benefit sanctions were imposed on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants between June last year and the end of May.
Royal London, owner of Bright Grey, said disruption caused by its takeover of Scottish Provident three years ago had hit service levels following criticism from advisers.