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None of the ten biggest providers of critical illness and income protection policies offer products for HIV positive people, a survey for Unusual Risks has found.

PMI consolidator Chase Templeton has acquired Medins Healthcare Ltd - the firm has said it sold its business to benefit its predominantly SME client base.

LV= has said that two out of ten (19%) of its male cancer critical illness claims relate to prostate and testicular cancer while ovarian cancer accounts for nearly one in 15 (7%) female critical illness cancer claims.

The share of healthcare outsourced by the NHS to independent providers has increased from 5% in 2009 to 7% in 2014, according to LaingBuisson's Healthcare Market Review.

The Better Care Fund has been criticised by MPs as ‘deeply flawed' as a report into its progress found issues with planning and NHS spending prioritised over adult social care.

Bupa Health Funding's managing director Dr Damien Marmion will be leaving the company after helping to create the insurer's new 'Customer Care Function.'

Friends Life and Virgin Money have launched the first of their planned range of life insurance products.

Around two thirds (65%) of UK businesses have rated employees' understanding of their benefits as low or very low, a survey by Aon Employee Benefits has found.

Private health insurance premiums in emerging markets are ‘set to double' by 2020 as people want and can afford more healthcare, according to analysis.

Vitality has declared the fourth quarter of 2014 their best ever three month period with £15m of new business.