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Scottish Widows has introduced electronic General Practitioner (GP) reports into its protection policy underwriting process to make it simpler and quicker to obtain customers' medical information from their GP practice.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has urged the government to reconsider rising insurance premium tax (IPT) to 12%.

Some 1 in 7 employees had been absent for four weeks or more in the previous 12 months, according to research from Ellipse.

For nearly three in ten (28%) women in the UK, the inability to support themselves or their families financially is their greatest financial fear, according to research.

LifeQuote will support advisers whose clients do not have an email address as an increasing number of life insurers insist on email addresses on the application.

Zurich is rolling out e-signature approval for the AMRA (Access to medical records act) declaration and will soon be starting a pilot of electronic GP reports on individual protection policies.

VitalityHealth has announced it will change its renewal pricing approach for individual private medical insurance (PMI) policies within the guidance of a new 'Fair, Intuitive and Transparent' (FIT) framework.

LV= has appointed Andrea Fields as Rehabilitation Manager to focus on helping individuals suffering from illness or injury with their recovery.

Cura Financial Services has launched a video Advent Calendar which provides a daily tip for people looking for protection insurance.

The Exeter has successfully launched their new Protection platform using TCP's 'SS/G Digital' solution providing a full end-to-end service from quotation through to claim.