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Westfield Health has launched a new brand and medical insurance product, Health365, in what it claims will be a significant development in the health insurance market.

The FSA has outlined its timetable and intentions for dealing with the splitting of its responsibilities amongst several regulators.

Medicals Direct Group has bought key competitor, City of London based, Medibureau for an undisclosed sum.

Friends Provident is urging Britons to protect themselves for life as readily as they do for travel.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) does not incentivise work and there is still a widespread belief among claimants that they would be better off on benefit than in work, according to a new report.

The IFS School of finance has warned the All Party Parliamentary group on Insurance and Financial Services of a proliferation of "pseudo-regulators".

Pulse Insurance has launched a policy offering up to £200,000 of accidental death cover and either £10,000 or £25,000 life cover - without a doctor's report or medical examination.

Following consultation the Finance & Technology Research Centre (F&TRC) agreed to produce a draft good practice statement on business retention processes at its June Protection Forum.

PruProtect has teamed up with Saga to launch a new life policy with guaranteed acceptance, with no health questions, and fixed cover and premiums for life.

Businesses jeopardise the health of their workforce if they focus solely on profit and productivity, according to Aviva's annual Health of the Workplace study.