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Nearly half (48%) of working women in the UK don't have any form of protection in place according to the findings of Aegon's 'Protection Matters' report.

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has announced further growth with Unum and VitalityHealth joining the body as corporate members.

Approximately 137.3 million working days were lost to sickness or injury in the UK in 2016, the lowest number of working days lost since the series began in 1993, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality SE and Allianz Worldwide Care have partnered to launch a suite of compliant international healthcare insurance solution for Singapore.

Generali Employee Benefits UK has added to its group income protection (IP) policies.

Synaptic Software has reported a significant increase in protection requests from advisers on its Webline quote portal during January and February compared to the same period last year.

Follows deal with Canada

Despite no further increases to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) in yesterday's Budget, AMII is launching a campaign to raise public awareness about the impact of IPT on healthcare.

Class 4 NICs to be 11% by 2019

Chancellor Philip Hammond has bucked the trend of recent Budgets in making no further increases to insurance premium tax (IPT) although draft legislation to prevent avoidance is being introduced.