Protection

Fraudulent insurance claims should allow the immediate cancellation of a policy, according to industrywide representations.

Canada Life is updating to its online business portal to include new and redesigned electronic reports for advisers.

The Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations (FIPO) has welcomed the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) decision to launch a study of the private healthcare market.

NHS drugs could be bought on a value-based approach if proposals from the government are approved.

Westfield Health has released an iphone app that allows policyholders to access real-time information on benefit balances, renewal dates and recent claims.

Healix has more than doubled its spending with private hospitals and other private medical service providers in the UK over the last year.

Aegon expects to complete a customer redress exercise currently estimated at £60m by the end of next year.

Primary care trusts (PCTs) will suffer a real terms funding cut as the government revealed it is not increasing direct spending to match inflation.

Westfield Health has reported a record operating surplus for the last financial year.

An investigation into how well the private healthcare market is working is being planned by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).