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Vitality has found that even small amounts of regular exercise can cut the average costs per claim for its members needing hospital treatments. Analysis of Vitality data for in-hospital and day treatment...

Cohabitees are no longer a "negligible" minority so advisers have a crucial role in communicating the importance to marital status when organising life cover, Insuring Change partner Ruth Gilbert has emphasised. She...

Actuaries are warning that proposed government regulations for the sector could “undermine the profession” and “lead to a lowering of standards”. The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) also urged the government...

Royal London has paid a record £632m in claims in 2021 to more than 84,000 claimants and approved 99.5% of all protection claims last year. This compares with 2020 claims data which...

UnderwriteMe has removed its question about a recent diagnosis or symptoms of Covid from the customer application process on its protection platform. The firm said the move was in response to its...

Dentists' Provident paid out £5.4m on a total of 1,190 claims and approved 98.9% of new claims last year. In 2020 it paid £5.9m in claims and approved 96.4% those it received....

Swiss Re has called more than half of new level term assurance (LTA) policies being purchased without advice for the first time a “watershed” moment. Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager for life and...

An East London private GP surgery has been suspended by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for exposing patients to risk of avoidable harm. During the CQC's regular inspection of the Northway Clinic...

Czech insurance broker Respect has joined the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) as a member. Launched in 1993, Respect is a Prague-headquartered insurance broker focused on business insurance in the Czech and Slovak...

Individual protection insurance sales in the UK increased by 6.3% in 2021 - indicating a rebound for the market following a tough year in 2020, according to Swiss Re’s latest Term &...