Three-quarters of over-50s expect the government to pay for all or most of their long-term care needs, research suggests.

Ageas Protect has added a new national sales manager and strategic account manager to join its protection business from Bupa.

Pharmaceutical & General Provident Society has revealed it paid 98% of its income protection claims last year.

The ABI has published its latest update to the critical illness (CI) statement of best practice which it hopes will improve customer understanding of the product.

Unum has warned that the Welfare Reform Bill will mean benefits are harder to come by while the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) claims reforms are unfair to the sick.

Grid has added its voice to the warning that many businesses are not prepared for the upcoming ‘A-day' deadline for group life schemes.

Disability campaigners have hit back at government plans that will see banks pay less than disabled people to cut the national deficit.

Zurich has recorded its highest quarterly protection market share as part of an overall growth in its IFA presence.

Insurers could be prevented from using age, health and any other form of differentiation to underwrite and price products if a French administrative authority has its way.

The FSA expects protection and health insurance to be among the most likely product areas affected if the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rules that gender based pricing is illegal.