Legal & General has improved its immediate cover levels for people taking out life only cover (all types) and term assurance with critical illness cover (for business).

Health cash plan provider, Westfield Health, has announced the launch of a range of online services and initiatives for customers.

ALC Health has announced improvements to both its online offering and to its Southern European coverage.

Fergus Bescoby examines the consequences and underwriting ramifications of this disease.

ALC Health and Ibex Insurance Services (Ibex), the largest provider of insurance for expatriates in the Iberian Peninsula, have announced a new partnership.

Capita Financial Software has launched a new version of its Synaptic Research software.

Friends Provident has launched a trust toolkit to ensure that trusts are high on the agenda for adviser's customers to consider.

International private medical insurer InterGlobal, believes many expatriates are purchasing health insurance plans with inadequate emergency medical evacuation cover.

Bupa Individual Protection has added more than 130 own occupation definitions to its individual income protection proposition including dentists, surgeons and college lecturers.

Protection expert Kevin Carr has set up Kevin Carr Consulting, which will provide consultancy, public relations, marketing and training services to the protection and wider financial services industry.