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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed former chief executive of the Competition Commission (CC) David Saunders as a senior adviser on competition.

Employee Benefit Consultants (EBCs) are forecasting growth in the group income protection (Group IP) market with one in three expecting to increase sales this year, research has found.

A new cancer drug which targets secondary breast cancer has been rejected by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) due to its high cost.

A combination of insurance and social media could ‘assist with unblocking hospital beds and ease the burden on the NHS', Allianz Global Assistance has said.

People must consider taking out cover earlier in life as around one in four claims for critical illness (CI) occurs before the age of 40, research has found.

Just 18 individuals were fined by the regulator for misconduct, breaches of the rules or failures in their duties in 2013, a fall of 40% from 30 three years' before.

The Financial Conduct Authority will not begin testing firms' Mortgage Market Review processes until later in the year to allow for a "period of adjustment" while lenders and brokers get used to the new regime.

First-time UK parents spend more than £492 million each year preparing for the arrival of their first baby but just one in five have life cover, new research has found.

People must consider protection against long-term disability as new research has highlighted how disabled people pay a ‘penalty' on everyday costs, the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has urged.

Aegon is supporting Bowel Cancer Awareness month with the release of claims information and a factsheet to help advisers and customers understand and recognise bowel cancer symptoms.