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The Protection Review has announced its first expansion beyond the protection arena with the launch of the Retirement Review.

Private sector providers have secured a third of the contracts to provide NHS clinical services since the Health and Social Care Act began in April 2013, an investigation by The British Medical Journal (The BMJ) has found.

Acquisitive private medical insurance (PMI) intermediary Chase Templeton has announced the completion of three new deals including the purchase of its first PMI book from a financial adviser.

Ageas Protect has said it will launch a whole of life policy with a long-term care component in 2015.

Labour has promised a £330m cancer treatment fund which will fund drugs, radiotherapy and surgery beyond what the current Cancer Drugs Fund offers, if the party wins the next election.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled out charging "nominal" fees to complainants, agreeing with Parliament's view the service must be free to ensure the public's confidence in it.

Nearly 15% of employees are unaware what pension and insurance benefits their employer provides, a survey by Friends Life has found.

The SimplyBiz Group is running a second protection awareness Week in partnership with Friends Life, Zurich, Vitality Life and Bright Grey.

There is a wide variety in the ways complaints are being handled across the NHS, primary care and social care services in England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found.

The issue of personal debts from funeral costs is to be debated in parliament as an MP has warned that support for low earners funding loved one's funerals requires a 'complete overhaul.'