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Aviva has released previously unpublished details of its critical illness (CI) claims relating to heart conditions ahead of World Heart Day.

Scottish Provident has enhanced its income protection (IP) proposition to provide greater levels of cover to a ‘broader range' of clients.

An adviser has hit out about the lack of understanding surrounding the value of advice post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR), claiming that the regulator should have done more to inform people.

The cost of caring for inpatients with breast and prostate cancer in England will surge by a 20% in a decade, hitting at least £790million a year by 2020.

Financial education has been confirmed as an official part of the English national curriculum, including lessons on the public finances.

Advisers are typically very good at doing their 35 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) or more but they are struggling to stay on top of recording it, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Andrew Tripp, a former chairman of AMII, has launched new PMI and protection provider ESMI, which he claims will ‘revolutionise' health insurance.

Legal & General has upgraded its group income protection Worklife Solutions package to help reduce the impact of absences with the addition of a new stress toolkit for line managers.

Just under two-thirds of women have never taken out life insurance cover, according to new research from Friends Life.

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) has exacerbated a polarisation of the advisory market, with an almost even split of firms forecasting growth and those predicting static or declining revenues over the next three years, research has suggested.