Friends Provident has launched an online seminar focusing on customer life stages and the changes to them.

A new nationwide method for calculating NHS mortality rates has been unveiled following a national review.

BHSF is launching a 24-hour GP helpline for its cash plan clients which it hopes will fill the void left by the closure of NHS Direct.

Partnership has warned the coalition government's spending review will have a ‘profound' effect on the funding of long-term care (LTC).

PruProtect has unveiled a mobile quote facility and improved digital communications for advisers to use on its life and critical illness products.

Increased willingness from international private medical insurance (IPMI) providers to cover pre-existing conditions has been hailed as one of the most significant recent changes in the market by a specialist broker.

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident sales have declined by almost a fifth over the first three-quarters of the year.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) and the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) have announced a new industry standard template for private medical insurance (PMI) authorisation forms.

The UK private medical insurance (PMI) sector has being going through a tough time in recent years, so perhaps, writes Owain Thomas, it is time for healthcare intermediaries to take a look at the bigger international picture

At a key time for state and insurance sector relations, Owain Thomas meets the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services' new chairman, Jonathan Evans MP