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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.

GDP growth to hit 2% in 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond described the Conservatives as 'the government of the NHS' as he pledged funding for A&E services and social care.

The government has pledged £2bn extra for social care as a Green Paper on social care funding will be published later this year.

Scottish Widows has launched its Scottish Widows Protect policies on LifeQuote.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling on people to act with caution when engaging with online primary healthcare services, such as online doctors or considering buying medicines on the internet.

AXA PPP healthcare has introduced a pay-as-you-go occupational health service for SMEs and mid-sized corporates who occasionally need the input of occupational health experts to help them manage staff absences and performance issues relating to ill health...

The Right PMI Network (the PMI division of The Right Mortgage td) has developed a 'unique' quotation engine for all PMI advisers that are members of their network or DA club, COVER can exclusively reveal.

WPA has introduced Precision Analytics which provides data accurate within 24 hours; allowing customers, potential customers and employee benefit consultants to view detailed data about corporate healthcare schemes.