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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.

Unum has created a Group Life master trust, allowing employers who offer their employees group life cover to pay out claims free of tax.

Private medical insurer Exeter Friendly has launched a range of new underwriting options on both its Health Cover for Me and Health & Stuff plans.

The British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) has highlighted "inequality" in the current funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme FSCS).

As the first broker has sat, and passed, the new Association of Medical Insurance (AMII)/Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) IF7 examination, AMII has announced plans for an advanced version.

A streamlined health cash plan providing cash back on the most frequently claimed health costs, has been launched by Engage Mutual.