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Women still have less critical illness (CI) cover than men yet new Mums are storming ahead in income protection (IP) and life insurance sales, according to two separate pieces of research released today.

Premium increases in the individual international private medical insurance (IPMI) market have been on a 'downward trend' despite extreme volatility in recent years, research has shown.

A new study has been launched to discover the best way to use doctor's fit notes using the perspectives of employers, GPs and patients.

Pitmans Trustees Ltd (PTL) has launched a life assurance claims handling service for death in service benefits.

Life insurance and healthcare provider Engage Mutual has confirmed Peter Burrows as its new chief executive.

Protection intermediaries have warned underwriting processes are 'worse' than motor or home insurance applications and welcomed new technology; a new survey from UnderwriteMe has revealed.

Scottish Provident paid out 91% of all CI claims in the first half of 2013, according to figures released today.

Sesame, the adviser network arm of Sesame Bankhall group, has reported a loss for 2012 of £9.3m - four times its losses in 2011 - as a provision for a regulatory fine took its toll.

The average cost of a room in a care home is more than double the average pensioner income, representing a yearly shortfall of £14,568; new research has found.

The concept of wellbeing at work is not consistent across all European countries, yet country-specific differences should be acknowledged, according to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).