Protection

The publication of the Dilnot Report provides a once in a decade opportunity to arrive at a fair care funding system.

Simplyhealth has agreed to buy Groupama Healthcare.

The ongoing dispute between Bupa and surgeons' representative bodies is now on the verge of entering its fourth month and has earned the title "saga" at COVER.

Protection and private medical insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) remained steady over the second quarter of the year.

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has said it does not support Bupa's medical reviews for knee surgery because it has no input or control over the process.

Ellipse has launched a tool to aid advisers and scheme founders to establish their own trust and complete the HMRC registration process.

LV= has revealed its protection new business increased 16% over the first six months of the year compared with the same period of 2010.

Self-funding long-term care residents could still face a bill of almost £200,000 for four years in a residential home under the proposed Dilnot Commission reforms, according to Partnership.

Care home providers are failing to inform local councils when residents die and continue to receive money for their care, new research reveals.

Universal Provident has become the first private medical insurance (PMI) provider to release details of its paid claims.