The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is addressing long term disability and the new Employment Support Allowance (ESA) with a series of nationwide adviser seminars.
Charity,Counsel and Care, has backed the newly proposed National Care Service (NCS) believing it presents IFAs "huge opportunities".
The GP advice line, free for all HSF Health Plan subscribers, will be able to help both employees and employers with the fit note transition.
A compulsory charge will fund the new national social care system, the Government has announced.
Incapacity Benefit (IB) will be abolished this year with all claimants facing reassessment as part of the Government's continued crackdown on the benefits system.
New ABI director general Kerrie Kelly has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at this year's Protection Review conference.
Corporate healthcare adviser Multiplex has added a range of new services to its corporate healthcare trust product.
The FSA has given advisers who sell individual long-term pure protection contracts under ICOBS until the end of the year to apply its rules on 'total premium' disclosure.
Aviva has announced an increase in its maximum free cover limits for group life policies.
PruProtect's second full year of operation saw it post new business figures of £13.5m (APE) up from £3.3m in 2008.