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Swiss Re's Term and Health Watch 2017 has shown growth across all individual protection products, with income protection showing the highest levels of growth at 9.8%.

Life expectancy of 20-year-olds starting treatment for HIV has increased by around a decade to age 78 in the EU and North America due to improvements in treatment.

Mental health is one of the top three reasons for employee absence (13%), after musculoskeletal conditions (48%) and general sickness, colds and bugs (15%); according to analysis of sick pay data from ECIS.

Protection industry veteran Peter Le Beau has announced he will be retiring at the end of the year.

The Labour Party has disagreed with the insurance industry's view that private medical insurance [PMI] customers would cancel their policies in droves following further IPT increases by saying that there has been no discernible impact on customers cancelling...

COMING SOON: Karen Woodley talks Managed Life - The Exeter's innovative new life cover product.

To coincide with Stroke Awareness Month in May, Scottish Widows is highlighting the nation's lack of a financial back-up plan should a serious condition like this be diagnosed.

Jeremy Corbyn has announced that a Labour Government would scrap hospital car parking fees by using funds raised from increasing Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) on private medical insurance (PMI) to 20%.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has changed its methodology for publishing protection claims stats with income protection claims payments experiencing a decrease compared to the previous way of reporting claims paid.