Cash strapped councils will increasingly shunt costs for long-term care to users and the NHS, according to Laing & Buisson.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) would consider expanding to include protection advisers it has revealed.

Canada Life is adding a bereavement counselling service and dedicated probate helpline to all its group life schemes with immediate effect.

A £200m per year cancer drugs fund for the NHS has been confirmed by the government.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has added two new names to its healthcare focus group.

British business is losing an estimated £1.6bn a year due to lack of sleep, according to new research.

The health insurance and protection markets have reacted with cautious optimism to the government's spending review.

A national independent protection training academy has been formed by the Protection Review and Personal Finance Society (PFS).

PruProtect is taking another step on the critical illness (CI) conditions war by adding eight new definitions to its product.

Almost 80% of Britons are worried about the cost of healthcare and many are postponing or cancelling treatment as a result, according to new research.