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The health and social care system is under severe stress, due to a lack of high quality social care which saps the resilience of NHS services and patients, Age UK has warned in a new report.

Webline has added Cirencester Friendly's My Earnings Insurance to its portal, joining the society's other income protection (IP) product, Income Assured Plus.

Aviva Health and VitalityHealth have formed a joint venture company for the procurement of hospital treatment on behalf of their private medical insurance (PMI) and healthcare trust customers.

Nearly three quarters (72%) of life insurers are now offering HIV positive people some form of life assurance, a survey for Unusual Risks has found.

The Exeter has appointed former Friends Life protection managing director Steve Payne as a non-executive director.

Legal & General paid out over £8.5 million to women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014.

Bupa UK has launched a self-referral service for breast and bowel cancer so customers can have access to the right specialists without needing a GP referral.

F&TRC has launched product ratings for income protection and family income benefit to help advisers and employers make suitable protection recommendations for their clients.

Allianz Worldwide Care has revealed that in the first year of its MyHealth app being available for international private medical insurance (IPMI) policyholders, more claims were made by app than by post.

Citizens Advice identifies not one, but four advice 'gaps'