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Zurich has revealed it paid out 94% of income protection (IP) claims in the first half 0f 2013.

PruProtect has announced enhancements to its Relevant Life Cover policy including an increase in the maximum sum assured and index-linking policies to keep pace with inflation.

An employment tribunal has ruled that stopping the payment of sickness absence benefit once an employee turns 55 is age discrimination.

FirstAssist Insurance Services Limited has announced it is to be renamed Cigna Insurance Services (Europe) Limited.

Advisers could actually be confusing clients in the post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) world as their pursuit to find ‘right product' gives customers too many options, delegates heard.

A significant number (84%) of 18-24 year olds, dubbed the ‘iPosture generation' have admitted to suffering some incidence of back pain in the last 12 months, which experts have attributed to the rise in hand-held technology.

Direct Life has launched Quote+, which it has described as ‘the most significant advance' in pre-screening underwriting criteria, with the potential for a 10% increase in completed term insurance business for advisers.

The financial benefit cap came into place across the country at the end of September the Government has announced.

All companies will now have access to the Business in the Community (BITC) Workwell benchmark enabling them to publically report employee engagement and wellbeing.

New research suggests tradespeople are amongst the nation's fittest workers, typically exercising for 16.4 hours each week, over six times the NHS' minimum recommendation of 2.5 hours exercise per week.