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Despite recent increases, many pensioners are barely breaking even, as the state pension only exceeds the average cost of living for pensioners by £74.40, according to research by Senior Capital.  The national...

NHS hospital costs could be cut by as much as £15 billion per year if half of the UK’s inactive adult population started walking 5,000 steps once a week, while those with...

AIG Life has revealed a surge in usage of its free virtual healthcare service, Smart Health, with the service being used more than 100,000 times since its launch in August 2019. A...

British Friendly has paid 89% of new income protection claims in 2023 and just under £5m to its members in income protection, discretionary BF care claims and fracture cover claims. The mutual...

New life insurance customers to Bluezone will receive £299 worth of health coaching from Gro Health App, in an extension of the benefits offered by the insurer.  “We're now offering £299 worth...

Royal London has extended its online, signature-free, trust into its Whole of Life (WOL) application journey. Extending its signature-free trusts process to enable a plan to be placed in trust as part...

The midway point of The Apprentice 2024 saw the runners and riders vying to be Lord Sugar's business partner faced with the challenge of developing and pitching a new breakfast cereal. And...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has joined the Consumer Duty Alliance as an affiliate member.  The CDA, which incorporates the financial vulnerability taskforce, aims to help the personal finance sector successfully...

Protection adviser Naomi Greatorex is to take part in a UN Women UK initiative next week aimed at accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls...

Royal London’s protection product premiums fell by 26.7% year-on-year, according to the mutual’s full-year 2023 results. The results reveal that the present value of new business premiums (PVNP) fell from £1,037m in...