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Aegon UK is calling for doctors to use electronic reporting when submitting medical evidence, to enable people to get protection cover in place as quickly and smoothly as possible.

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Valued colleague and brilliant sub-editor Anna Ball, who worked on COVER, has sadly passed away.

The amount the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) protects for deposits in banks, building societies and credit unions today increases from £75,000 back up to £85,000. Joint accounts will in turn benefit from the rise with a new limit of £170,000....

Private Medical Insurance (PMI) publisher, Craigdallie of West Sussex, has published the 2017 PMI Handbook for professional advisers seeking information on the different plans available in the UK market.

RGAx has partnered with COVER to launch the 'Big Ideas' competition to find the best new ideas that could impact or even revolutionise the protection, health insurance and/or retirement markets.

Best Doctors added over 140 new clients and more than five million new members with access to its medical second opinion and information services during 2016.

VitalityLife is offering customers an upfront discount and annual premium discounts if they monitor and improve their health, as part of two new developments for its protection customers.

Unusual Risks has announced the UK's first ever 'HIV & Finance Tour' in partnership with Terrence Higgins Trust.

Self-funding, or private-pay, care home residents are keeping the sector afloat according to the latest figures from healthcare market intelligence provider LaingBuisson.