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Advisers need to tell ‘positive protection stories' to encourage take-up of protection, Roger Edwards, of Roger Edwards Marketing Ltd, told the Financial Services Expo in Manchester.

The majority (79%) of adults use the internet for health advice and are finding conflicting information, a survey for Bupa has found.

AXA PPP healthcare has reached an agreement with The Permanent Health Company Ltd (PHC) to acquire its private medical insurance (PMI) business, subject to regulatory approval.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called for a 15 year longstop and for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to freeze its budget for two years.

Bupa has revealed plans for a £2.9m ‘Superclinic' at Canary Wharf's Crossrail Place development to act as a ‘one stop shop' for people to manage their healthcare.

Zurich's changes to its critical illness policy are ‘all positive' and will help Zurich maintain its position in the market, CIExpert has said.

Aegon's upgrade to its critical illness (CI) offering whilst adjusting to the model wording changes introduced by the ABI in December 2014 are overall ‘positive', CIExpert has said.

VitalityLife has launched a 5% discount on new Optimiser policies, which will be available until the end of June.

Zurich has announced changes to its critical illness (CI) cover - changing definitions for cancer, multiple sclerosis (MS) and heart attacks.

The 2015 COVER Excellence Awards have today opened for nominations with four new categories of award to be won.