News
Income Protection
Friends Life, now part of the Aviva Group, has announced new enhancements to its Protect+ income protection proposition including improved guaranteed benefits.
09 July 2015
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2 min read
Critical Illness
Seven out of ten people know someone with cancer, while 63% have or have had a family member or close friend with cancer, research for Macmillan Cancer Support has found.
09 July 2015
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PMI
After the election 17% of people say its outcome has made them more likely to want private healthcare, a survey for Benenden has found.
09 July 2015
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PMI
AXA PPP healthcare has described the increase in insurance premium tax (IPT) as a ‘retrograde measure' that will not encourage individuals and employers to protect health and wellbeing.
09 July 2015
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2 min read
Income Protection
Chancellor George Osborne has announced changes to the benefits system, including lowering the cap on benefits and changes to the Employment and Support Allowance.
08 July 2015
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Regulation
Insurance premium tax (IPT) is to rise to 9.5% by November, the chancellor has confirmed in the Summer Budget.
08 July 2015
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PMI
Chancellor George Osborne has said 'our priority is the NHS' while confirming the NHS would receive £10bn a year more by 2020.
08 July 2015
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Whole of Life
The chancellor George Osborne has announced that the threshold for inheritance tax for a couple will rise to £1m.
08 July 2015
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Service
Tenet Group has confirmed it will expand its protection proposition with its advisers now having the option of using LifeQuote's comparison and illustration tools.
08 July 2015
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