Protection

The FSA today proposes income protection plans with a 'small' investment element, better known as Holloway policies, should be exempt from the RDR's adviser charging and professionalism rules.

Health Shield has raised premiums for one of its cash plans while adding a lower price level for another scheme.

Cirencester friendly has called on the government to play its part in supporting simple financial products by publicising those that already exist.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has launched a new website.

Over 40% of insurers are only in the preparatory stages of their Solvency II projects, or have yet to begin, PwC says.

Leadbay Media Group's assets will be sold without liabilities tomorrow at midday, leaving brokers roughly £200,000 out of pocket and outstanding debts of over £600,000 to November 2010.

Bupa has hit out at private hospitals for not publishing care quality measurements to match those from NHS trusts.

The British Medical Association has called Government plans to give GPs more control of a £5bn education and training budget "troubling".

The ABI has responded positively to the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) decision to conduct a study of the private healthcare (PH) market.

Men are more likely to take out health insurance and consider it as important while people in Scotland are least likely to prioritise it, according to a new survey.