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The burden of global cancer is rising and there is a "real need" to focus on preventing it through tackling smoking, obesity and drinking, says the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Two thirds of consumers said they would ‘rely' on family support, savings, or investments; not protection insurance, if they were diagnosed with cancer and unable to work.

Just Retirement has launched an ‘immediate needs' annuity for people facing long-term care costs.

PruProtect will be launching a consumer protection campaign to increase awareness of the need for protection insurance and its proposition.

The perceived value of a protection policy drops after its sale and is leading to lapsed policies, The Syndicate has said.

Unum says insurers and brokers should embrace social media to 'stay successful in the digital age'.

Munich Re estimates one in seven claims are paid in respect of someone deliberately failing to disclose relevant medical or lifestyle facts on application, mostly so significant that the application should have been rejected.

More than half of consumers who have bought protection insurance (53%) have 'never reviewed' their protection needs, the latest Aviva research has found.

One in 3 women diagnosed with breast cancer in England each year are aged 70 or over, a Public Health England campaign has warned.

CIExpert has upgraded its functionality and added a number of enhancements to make it easier for advisers to compare Critical Illness (CI) policies.