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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its UK GDP forecast and now predicts the country will see stronger growth than any other G7 economy this year.

LV= has announced changes to its critical illness cover aimed at increasing cover and making it easier to claim on.

Policymakers risk the UK economic recovery stalling if they fail to address its "undue reliance" on consumer spending, the British Chambers of Commerce has said.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cut the number of employees its new Health and Work Service (HWS) will be able to support back to work by more than a third.

LV= has become a full member of First Complete's protection panel bringing the number of providers on the panel to nine.

The group risk industry has applauded the latest Swiss Re Group Watch 2014 report, which it said ‘demonstrates the market's continued efforts to promote and deliver these highly valued employer-sponsored protection benefits to a greater proportion of...

The overall UK group risk market grows by 2.8% to nearly 11 million people at the end of 2013, according to Swiss Re's Group Watch 2014.

Friends Life has announced enhanced free cover level limits and increased rate guarantees to 3 years on all Group Protection products in enhancements to its Group Protection Online quote system.

Zurich has launched new adviser website, developed in partnership with advisers.

The SimplyBiz Group has launched a Protection Academy for its members to improve their knowledge and understanding of the protection market.