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The Gender Directive has had ‘limited' impact on advisers' protection business, research has found.

Protection IFA Moneysworth has warned simplified underwriting is 'going down the wrong street' and risks non-disclosure as research revealed a significant number of advisers believe it could close the protection gap.

Sandringham Financial Partners has expanded its Protection Panel with major providers including Friends life, to meet the growing needs of its partners.

Employees off work due to temporary workplace disability could be reduced by one million across the EU through early intervention techniques, according to a Work Foundation report.

Allianz Worldwide Care has recently launched AppointMed, a new appointment booking service for UK based members to secure an initial appointment with a consultant on a direct billing basis.

Advisers believe simpler underwriting and greater incentives on policies are ‘paramount' to addressing the ‘protection gap', Avelo research has found.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will now be publishing details of warning notices against firms and individuals before it issues enforcement proceedings against them. But in what circumstances will it name and shame individuals?

"One size does not fit all" when it comes to purchasing products for employee cancer cover, according to Jelf Employee Benefits.

Friends Life has urged women of all ages to ensure that they are ‘breast aware', as women under the age of forty accounted for 25% of all breast cancer claims it paid out last year.

International health insurers are not being clear enough in explaining to planholders exactly what treatments they will cover, international PMI provider InterGlobal has said.