Protection

Leeds Metropolitan University is launching a new health institute, undertaking research into the health status of individuals and communities.

The "diabolical" selling of protection back books needs to be regulated and restricted, with the new owners held accountable for the way the books are run, an industry expert says.

The government's contentious NHS reforms have commenced their second reading in the House of Lords among fresh controversy, including a renewed attack on the Prime Minister.

Over 80,000 people paying for long term care (LTC) in their homes or in residential units run out of money every year, Key Retirement Solutions (KRS) says.

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LV= has revealed it completed almost two thirds (61%) of all protection applications from IFAs in five days or less last year.

The Dilnot Commission has raised the profile of long-term care. Could disability linked annuities be the answer? Greg Becker investigates a Singaporean solution.

The insurance sector has been chastised for not engaging well enough with politicians and advisers have been urged to lobby their MPs.

A senior City of London Police detective has been appointed to lead the specialist insurance fraud police unit.

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