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Buying an insurance product to fund one's own care in old age is almost twice as popular as taking out an insurance product for relatives' care needs, research for The Syndicate has found.

Lloyd's broker Ropner Insurance Services has launched a cancer only cover for employers.

Canada Life Group has reached an agreement to acquire Legal & General International (Ireland) Limited (LGII), its parent company Great-West Lifeco Inc announced.

British Friendly paid 96% of the 5000 income protection claims received over the past five years, newly released figures have revealed.

Bupa Global, the international health insurance arm of Bupa, has launched its first tiered range of international private medical insurance (IPMI) products in the UK.

Exeter Family Friendly has added three benefits to its income protection plans - a GP helpline, private prescription service and automatic medical evidence limits.

Consumers believe their savings would be more useful to them if they were off work for more than six months than income protection, research has found.

An estimated 2.6 million people aged 50 plus are living with a serious illness in England with 3.1m over-50s living in serious ill health across the UK as a whole, research has found.

A fifth (20%) of the adult population has spent around £20.7 billion on private operations and medical procedures (excluding cosmetic surgery) over the past 10 years - the equivalent of around £2.07 billion a year.

A quarter (25%) of the UK workforce have taken out pet insurance yet only 7% are protecting their income with self-employed people being particularly vulnerable to financial risks, research has found.