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Health guidelines such as recommended intakes of salt and recommended exercise are unknown to members of the public, a survey for Nuffield Health has found.

The NHS could make savings and expand services by moving away from hospital care and tendering outcome-based contracts with non-NHS organisations, a report from LaingBuisson has said.

One third of insurers authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are 'in some form' of wind down; Paul Fisher of the PRA has said.

Protection and life cover software firm Ipipeline has teamed up with Openwork to offer advisers a way of producing multiple quotes for protection products which it claims will help them boost their protection sales.

The amount spent on social care has fallen nationally by £1.1bn since 2010/11 and £1.4bn since 2005/6, after accounting for extra money from the NHS, Age UK has found.

Royal London has called for a ‘shake up' in the over 50s life insurance following a Which? Report which found whole-of-life policies offered better cover.

National advice firm Lighthouse Group has launched a "holistic" mortgage and protection advice service in response to demand from clients.

UKIP's health spokesperson has said the party would reject its leader Nigel Farage's support of a private insurance model to replace the NHS.

The most common benefit request among expat workers is private medical insurance (PMI) with 25% of expat staff asking employers for it;research by Expacare has found.

Universal Provident has announced changes to its TravellersCare policy including an increase in maximum trip duration from 31 to 60 days.