The All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services (APPG) has given strong backing to the proposals to reform consumer insurance contract law.

Employers with a Canada Life Group Income Protection arrangement written from 1 October 2009 onwards can now offer EmployeeCare and Best Doctors to non-insured staff.

The first groups of GPs who will commission health services have been announced by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.

International PMI provider AXA PPP International has made two senior appointments in sales and distribution.

The business protection gap remains static at over a trillion, a Legal & General (L&G) survey of the market suggests.

As research shows two in five IFAs believe clients do not understand protection, Scottish Provident has called for advisers to support its education campaign.

Adviser Bluefin Insurance Services has appointed Mike Crisp to the newly created role of business development director in its corporate risks division.

Mortgage advisers are more efficient at selling protection than IFAs, John Cupis tells Paul Robertson, while IFAs have decisions to make

Bupa International has launched health insurance for expats with existing illnesses which, until now, have been excluded.

International private medical insurer InterGlobal is introducing an UltraCare Elite Plan for 2011 including enhanced benefits for cancer care.