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Regulation imposed by the FSA is a greater burden and competitive disadvantage on brokers than corporation tax, the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has warned.

IMG Europe has launched a flexible international medical insurance plan, available worldwide to expatriates and eligible local nationals.

State and financial services can work in partnership to solve the long-term care funding crisis confronting England and Wales, according to a new report.

Hector Sants, the FSA chief executive, has admitted the "considerable" costs of implementing Solvency II may outweigh the short-term benefits to the industry.

The group risk market has begun to recover from the effects of recession although income protection is still in decline, according to Swiss Re.

Pink is pushing its representatives to take a greater focus on protection and has unveiled a new short protection panel featuring five providers.

WPA has begun work with the first of a series of IFAs doing business through the insurer's franchisee network.

Insurers are increasingly influencing private medical practice and threatening consultants with being taken off their books, doctors have said.

Only 56% of companies procuring staff benefits use a broker, yet 90% of those who do think it is money well spent, Denplan has found.

Patients experience persistent and widespread variations in the chances of undergoing surgery for common medical conditions on the NHS such as knee and hip replacements, a new study has revealed.