Protection

Bupa has hit back at claims by doctors that its open referrals process is ‘flawed on several levels' and limits patient choice.

Deloitte has warned that 2012 will be another tough year for the healthcare sector after the number of businesses going into administration grew sharply last year.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

With white papers due this year on long-term care (Dilnot Review), sickness absence and also the Treasury's work on simple products, how much explicit help (not just macro changes to benefits and the NHS) would you want the government to give the industry?...

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added protection specialist, Engage Mutual Assurance, to its protection panel.

Jason Sadler of Cigna discusses his company's approach to healthcare with Paul Robertson.

Local authorities may take an "aggressive stance" against schemes designed to help individuals avoid long term care (LTC) fees, an expert has warned.

The doctors' regulator spends more than a quarter of a million pounds a year on private medical insurance (PMI), it has been revealed.

Insurance brokers and life companies will attempt to cross-sell to existing customers in order to compensate for "downbeat" market conditions in 2012, research suggests.

According to Laing & Buisson efforts to divert demand away from care homes appear to be running out of steam as the proportion of private payers rises.