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The health insurance and protection comparison site ActiveQuote has been declared the 6th fastest growing company in Wales, and fastest in Cardiff.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has reported a profit for the second time since 2010, although surplus figures dipped by almost £90,000.

There has been an increase in the number of companies offering health benefits on an employee-paid basis with cost being a key consideration.

Hospital patients would be willing to travel up to 100 miles to ensure they could attend a hospital with a better infection record.

The number of over-65s will increase by 80% to nearly 1 billion over the next 15 years making elderly care needs one of the biggest global challenges for insurers and stakeholders, a report has warned.

The NHS will offer help and support for workplace incentives to promote employee health and cut sickness-related unemployment.

The Approved Persons Regime (APR) has been described as not fit for purpose in a Treasury Committee report.

iPipeline has announced that critical illness (CI) is now available via its new indicative underwriting decision tool - XRAE, which is available to all Assureweb portal users.

PayingTooMuch has included Aegon UK's Whole of Life insurance product into its insurance comparison service.

Consumer group Angry Policyholders has voiced its support for the Seven Families initiative.