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VitalityLife paid a record amount in claims during 2015, with more than £28m paid in claims on its Life, Serious Illness and Income Protection products.

Openwork and Zurich have signed an agreement that will see the insurer divest its 25% shareholding in the network within the next four years.

Cirencester Friendly has reported that the Society paid 94% of claims in 2015.

LifeSearch has announced the shortlist for its 2016 Protection Awards.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has today published a set of principles on the use of e-Signatures, ensuring that applying for and buying insurance cover is as easy and simple for customers as possible.

Denplan has ‘strongly disagreed' with the Advertising Standard Agency's (ASA) decision that the insurer's recent ‘Doitforyourselfie' TV advert was misleading for viewers.

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld complaints and prevented further broadcasts of a recent Denplan TV advert described as "misleading" by consumers who highlighted that cosmetic dentistry was not covered by the dental insurer.

A study by Bupa of UK consumers has revealed that nearly two-thirds (63%) do not know the basic functions of their kidneys and over two-fifths (44%) are unaware of the basic functions of their lungs.

Now Healthcare Group has made history by delivering a consultation from a long-haul flight using its smartphone-based video technology, with medicines delivered to the patient's hotel within hours of diagnosis.

Holloway Friendly paid 96.9% of all income protection claims in 2015, an increase of almost 1% over the 96% paid out in 2014.