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Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have rebounded slightly in the final quarter of 2010 but new business still fell 10% during the year.

Canada Life has unveiled a range of technology developments to be released over the next six weeks.

Income Protection specialist, dg Mutual, has paid out 99% of claims for the third year running, with over 50% of claims paid out within one week.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has rejected the use of Avastin for metastatic breast cancer on the NHS.

Resolution, the buy-out vehicle launched by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery, is highly unlikely to make any further acquisitions and will instead focus on developing new life products.

Gaps in basic knowledge about their health could mean expats are putting themselves at risk, according to Aviva UK Health.

LV= has improved its claims paid figures for both critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) during last year.

LifeSearch has revealed it arranged £4bn worth of cover and saw a 10% increase in the number of under 35-year-olds who took out protection products last year.

Three-quarters of over-50s expect the government to pay for all or most of their long-term care needs, research suggests.

Ageas Protect has added a new national sales manager and strategic account manager to join its protection business from Bupa.