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Figures out this month from Safe Homes Income Plans (SHIP), representing the major equity release pr...

BUPA has become the latest insurer to offer a menu-based protection product and is set to launch th...

DBS, the IFA network, has announced that, after competitive tendering, it has won a contract to prov...

Nick Kirwan outlines the impact the new ABI guidance will have on the underwriting of disabled clients

Permanent Healthcare (PHC) has acquired Healthcare 4 Life's existing clients, product range and trad...

I have read about software that allows other people to remotely control my PC for support purposes. How does this work and is it safe?

Aegon has ceased talks with Royal SunAlliance over buying its life assurance division

Following the recent attacks in the US, Stephanie Spicer asks whether insurers will pay benefits to policyholders who are injured or die in an act of terrorism or war

One insurer's decision to offer vegetarians cheaper life cover marks a move towards preferred life underwriting. Roger Edwards asks if the rest of the market will follow suit

Although much focus is placed on critical conditions, advisers would do well to get to grips with the underwriting implications of everyday illnesses, says Debbie Bolton