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The government has accepted a recommendation to investigate the increase in the number of sick or disabled people sent by Work Capability Assessments (WCA) to a Support Group.

SimplyBiz will be advocating the use of CIExpert by their members to enhance their protection business in a series of protection-focused events across the country.

Prostate cancer is the most common reason for male claims for cancer, Legal & General (L&G) has revealed.

Seven Families has reported that the protection industry saw a rise in income protection (IP) enquiries towards the end of 2014.

Unum has enhanced its group critical illness offering by adding seven medical conditions to the cover.

Collective claims data to the end of 2013 has now been added to the Finance & Technology Research Centre (F&TRC)'s research platform.

None of the ten biggest providers of critical illness and income protection policies offer products for HIV positive people, a survey for Unusual Risks has found.

PMI consolidator Chase Templeton has acquired Medins Healthcare Ltd - the firm has said it sold its business to benefit its predominantly SME client base.

LV= has said that two out of ten (19%) of its male cancer critical illness claims relate to prostate and testicular cancer while ovarian cancer accounts for nearly one in 15 (7%) female critical illness cancer claims.

The share of healthcare outsourced by the NHS to independent providers has increased from 5% in 2009 to 7% in 2014, according to LaingBuisson's Healthcare Market Review.