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Funeral plan provider Avalon has announced an agreement with SunLife to add a Fixed Monthly Payment option to the three core funeral plans offered to UK customers.

Network Openwork is seeking to attract and develop the next generation of financial advisers through the launch of a training academy.

For the fifth consecutive quarter optimism improved among life insurers, amid a rise in profitability and business volumes, research has found.

Charities and medical associations have warned the government the NHS ‘is at breaking point' with cancer treatment waiting lists, the care of mental health patients and long-term care named as key areas for improvement.

The COVER Excellence Awards 2014 took place yesterday to recognise exceptional protection and health insurance products, providers and intermediaries.

The role of insurers and financial advisers is ‘critical' to the advice challenge on long-term care (LTC) fees, delegates heard at the 2014 COVER Forum.

Customers are willing to buy but often do not appreciate the differences between buying Life Insurance and other Insurance products, the Cover Forum was told.

The way in which the insurance industry works is likely to see huge changes in the near future predicted a panel at the cover forum.

Less than a third of people trust insurance providers with numbers proving hard to improve.

Older workers are not being told about their right to continue working past age 65 while many employers are also choosing to restrict benefits for staff above this age.