Market experts have slammed both the system, products and levels of available advice in the self pay long term care (LTC) market.

The Government will no longer remove the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance for people in residential care.

Holloway Friendly has launched a new Income Protection plan tailored specifically for mortgage advisers to sell.

Bupa has announced it will no longer sell corporate private medical insurance (PMI) schemes which feature overall cost or time limits for cancer treatment.

Legal & General has announced "improvements" to its online quote and apply system OLP Connect.

Aviva has boosted services on its Get Active website for Aviva's private medical insurance (PMI), cash plan and group risk customers.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has called on the Chancellor to remove tax disincentives in the treatment of employer-paid private medical insurance (PMI).

Aegon UK has published individual protection claims data showing 95% of life claims and 91% of critical illness claims were paid in 2010.

Brokers servicing the SME sector are missing revenue in personal accident insurance (PA), according to a survey by Groupama Insurances.

Local authority social care services face a funding gap in excess of £1bn by 2015, according to The King's Fund.