Protection

Insurers handed over £2.4bn in insurance premium tax in the year 2010/11, a rise of more than 6% on the previous year (£2.253bn), government figures reveal.

Bupa has confirmed it is to de-list a further 25 BMI hospitals from 1 January after the two parties failed to agree contract terms for treating Bupa patients.

Simplyhealth has bought dental cash plan provider Denplan from Axa for £115m.

Bupa has introduced its first consumer dental insurance product.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Combined Insurance Company of America (CICA) £2.8m because its poor management of staff put customers at risk of being treated unfairly.

General Practitioners (GPs) who have taken over budgets from Primary Care trusts (PCTs) under NHS reforms are sliding millions into the red.

Groupama has suffered a ratings downgrade at the hands of Standard & Poor's despite the France-based insurer announcing a range of key strategic actions designed to halt the recent slide.

David Child has taken the helm at one of the country's most ambitious adviser firms. Paul Robertson talks to Lifesearch's new managing director

Cash plans are increasingly used in place of private medical insurance excess. Howard Hughes assesses the sustainability of this pricing model

Severity based protection payments have become more common over the year. Phil Jeynes explains why in his overview of 2011