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Zurich has revealed it paid out 93% of income protection claims to over 687 customers during 2014.

The government has sold a further £500m of Lloyds Banking Group shares through a trading plan launched in December, taking the total amount of money recovered for the taxpayer from the bank to just under £8bn.

Richard Bowden, managing director of Bupa UK has written an essay calling for the integration of health and social care.

Swiss Re saw a loss of $462m on its life and health reinsurance business, which it attributed to changes in its US business.

Aegon UK's new protection single premiums for annuities and protection fell by 53% in 2014, with sales of £1.6bn in 2014 compared to £3.4bn in 2013.

Columbus Direct has launched a direct to consumer income protection policy.

The NHS has missed one of the targets for waiting times for patients receiving treatment for cancer following their GP's referral, official statistics have shown.

Chase Templeton has reported an increase in the number of brokers and intermediaries wanting to sell their businesses.

The number of people who were off work with long-term sickness fell by 12,000 in the October-December period 2014 compared with a year earlier.

Changes to the commissioning and regulation of health services are needed following the NHS five year forward view.