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Bright Grey has announced it paid 96% of life claims last year, an increase of 5% on the previous figures.

Aegon has launched a tele-claims service allowing customers to file all of their details with the insurer without filling in a single form, which it says could halve the time it takes to pay out on claims.

Canada Life has announced an extension of its CMS+ VIP services (formerly known as CMS+).

Legal & General (L&G) has launched a business protection tool enabling advisers to help firms calculate the value of its 'key people' for insurance purposes.

LV= has announced price cuts across 80% of its critical illness (CI) range.

Job Centre staff have expressed "grave concerns" at the "unexpectedly severe" health of some people put into work-related activity as part of claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), a new report has revealed.

Friends Provident is launching three new business protection seminars, aimed at advisers who have different levels of business protection knowledge.

Westfield Health has announced a range of additions to its Foresight Healthcare Plan.

Nearly half (24 million) of people in the UK have no insurance in place to cover loss of income through illness or the death of a breadwinner.

The financial ombudsman (FOS) has hit back at criticism of its complaints statistics, saying the data was not designed for consumer use but to encourage firms to handle client grievances more efficiently.