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LV= has enhanced its whole of life policy, LifeTime+, with an increase in the number of guaranteed increase options (GIOs) and the addition of terminal illness cover.

CIExpert has welcomed Ageas Protect's amendments to its Critical Illness (CI) policy and highlighted its position as the first insurer to extend Type 1 diabetes cover to adults aged below 40.

Ageas Protect has announced enhancements to its critical illness (CI) product including the introduction of two new partial benefit conditions and improved children's cover.

Internal restructuring is increasingly being seen as a way of driving efficiency and growth amongst insurers and reinsurers.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Clydesdale Bank (Clydesdale) £8.9m for failing to inform its customers clearly of their rights after the bank miscalculated the repayments on over 42,500 mortgages.

Symponia, the national professional body for care fees planning advisers, has expanded its panel to include 50+ funeral plan specialist, Golden Charter.

Aviva has taken the top spot again this year in a survey of the UK's top 50 'most valuable' insurance brands.

Tech- adverse advisers and providers should ‘take note' that a third of Britons are more likely to engage with financial services using social media, Canada Life has said.

The UK is a 'nation of stressed staff' - with people eating lunch at their desks, working overtime and through holidays and sickness, according to new research.

Friends Life has introduced a new service to support Group Income Protection (GIP) members who have suffered from cancer and are ready to return to work or will need support to return to work in the future.