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UK health insurance costs are anticipated to grow by 6.5% in 2016, the largest increase in five years, according to Willis Towers Watson's 2016 Global Medical Trends report.

Royal London's UK protection businesses paid 98% of all claims received and made payments totalling more than £250m in 2015.

Four out of 10 UK health insurance customers would consider tracking and sharing their health and fitness data to get a more accurate premium, according to a YouGov survey for Deloitte.

Old Mutual Wealth has appointed Ed Peck to lead its UK distribution team in the South West, with Russell Bignall taking the helm in the North West region.

A record £3.6bn was paid last year in individual protection insurance claims, the equivalent of £10m a day, according to research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI)

A total of £1.4bn was paid out in claims during 2015 - representing more than a 10% increase on 2014 according to industry data compiled by Group Risk Development (GRiD).

CS Healthcare has revealed that 50% of public sector workers had a BMI regarded as ‘high' comparing favourably with national population averages of 62%.

E-cigarettes are likely to be beneficial to UK public health according to a Royal College of Physicians report.

A personalised smartphone-based platform for those with food allergies and an assistive aid to help those with walking difficulties associated with Parkinson's disease are among the winners of the AXA PPP Health Tech & You Awards 2016.

Insurer AXA's venture capital platform AXA Strategic Ventures has invested in BioBeats - a machine learning platform that delivers information about the wellbeing of individuals in real time.