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A third (33%) of UK households could not cope financially if they lost their main income yet only 7% of the population has income protection (IP), according to research.

Early intervention on employee absence can markedly increased return to work rates, according to Legal & General.

In the first of a series of planned announcements over the next six weeks, Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have revealed their sales teams will be promoting each others products.

The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) has released an updated statement for its surgeons regarding Bupa's plans to review arthroscopic knee operation referrals.

Unum has ceased writing new business in the individual critical illness (CI) market.

As stress takes its toll, 33% of public sector employers said their average employee takes more than five days off sick per year, compared to 15.9% in the private sector.

Long term care (LTC) insurance products will remain niche in spite of a growing need unless people are forced to buy them, the OECD said.

Ageas Protect has seen strong growth protection business in the first quarter of the year but reported a pre-tax loss.

New cases for the Financial Ombudsman Service(FOS) soared by 26% in the year to March 31 2011, driven by a record number of complaints about PPI mis-selling.

Groupama has revealed it is poised to relaunch a product while also actively seeking partnerships with hospital networks to add to its private medical insurance (PMI) offering.