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LV= is to continue sponsorship of the LV= Cup competition for a further four years.

Direct Line has stopped writing any new life or critical illness business from today.

Holloway Friendly has appointed two new directors to its board taking the total number of people on the board to ten.

Santander has been forced to restrict sales of protection products through its branches due to a staff training issue.

Avelo has added its weight to those predicting protection sales will grow with IFAs increasing focus to it after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is introduced.

Now Health International has launched an on-line quote facility for SME businesses which it claimed is the first in the market.

LV= paid 93% of its income protection (IP) and critical illness (CI) claims in the year to the end of June.

Cancer survivors are at greater risk of recurrence because they are not physically active enough, Macmillan Cancer Support has said.

AXA PPP healthcare has extended its workplace wellbeing offer to larger sized employers, with a rebate if health improvements are not achieved.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) is supporting targeted regulation of comparison sites.