Protection

The government will not ensure the new Financial Policy Committee (FPC) includes an expert on insurance, the Chancellor has said.

Dozens of soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan without taking out life insurance while thousands more have served active duty without cover, it has been revealed.

Insurers have warned of a fresh hike in premiums for millions of customers after the regulator hit the financial services industry with an inflation-busting 15.6% rise in annual fees.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to extend its private healthcare market review to include insurers' fee schedules.

Medical insurance brokers have branded Defacto's new private medical insurance (PMI) star ratings as ‘highly dangerous and not in the best interest of customers'.

Long-term care (LTC) planning is one of the most sensitive areas of advice to give to a client, particularly where Alzheimers is concerned.

Axa PPP has extended its cancer coverage to include the clinically effective prostate cancer drug rejected for the NHS because it is too expensive.

Cancer charities have slammed the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (Nice) decision to reject a drug that prolongs the life of prostate cancer suffers for being too expensive.

Defaqto has released its Star Ratings for private medical insurance (PMI) for the first time.

One of the most controversial developments in the protection industry over recent months has been the use of Subject Access Requests (SARs). Russ Whitworth told Owain Thomas a war with doctors may not actually be on the cards