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Legal & General and Everyday Financial Solutions have agreed a sole-tied protection partnership.

Legal & General (L&G) has increased the maximum benefit on its Group Income Protection scheme from £300,000 to £350,000 for all new and switching schemes.

Nearly one in four employers has reduced their benefit costs by introducing a flexible benefits scheme, according to a survey of UK employers conducted by Mercer.

Bupa is set to provide early intervention and return-to-work support on all its group income protection (GIP) schemes with no increase in premiums.

Legal & General has rolled out its online new business system to its mortgage network, Legal & General Partnerships Services Limited (LGPSL).

Protection sales figures released by the ABI today show new single premium business crashed nearly 80% on last year while the group market is proving most resurgent in its recessional recovery.

Bupa has revealed that 2% of critical illness claims were declined due to non-disclosure between January and September 2009, compared to 8.6% in the same period in 2008.

Terminally ill cancer patients and people undergoing chemotherapy are being threatened with benefit cuts if they do not attend back-to-work interviews, warn Macmillan Cancer Support and Citizens Advice.

Fortis is offering advisers 10% additional commission for three months in recognition of its success at the ifs Financial Innovation Awards.

Axa is set to enhance its critical illness (CI) cover following a product review and consultation with advisers.