News

Over half of middle income households are vulnerable to losing their primary income, according new research.

Doctors have branded fit notes a success in helping people return to work but believe it has not improved advice to patients and that more local services are needed to support returning to work.

Technology supplier Avelo has applauded the move to establish a statement of best practice for collecting online signatures by insurance providers.

The FSA has proposed linking the definition of a Holloway product to four key criterion, to pave the way for certain plans gaining exemption from RDR adviser charging rules.

Scottish Provident paid 98% of its life cover claims in 2010.

National Friendly has withdrawn its Five Year Fixed Healthcare and Healthguard products for sale to new customers.

MPs have proposed that GPs should share NHS commissioning duties with other representatives, alongside a number of other significant amendments.

Representatives of the European insurance industry have written to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier, to ensure that the "overly conservative and prescriptive" elements it believes are contained in the draft...

Canada Life and AXA PPP have respectively hired Sue Grene and Elliott Hurst to senior positions.

Insurers have agreed to continue not using genetic test results for the vast majority of insurance policies until 2017.