Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have warned that insurers could be "shooting themselves in the foot" by changing the way they request medical evidence from GPs.
The Office of Fair Trading has referred the private healthcare market to the Competition Commission (CC) and revealed a move by the FSA, ABI and health insurers to better inform customers.
The ABI has railed against government plans to scrap life assurance tax relief which could hit as many as 1.5 million policyholders.
A row is brewing involving doctors and insurers that may result in advisers and their clients being stuck between the two factions.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has suggested European proposals on banning commission for financial advisers may yet have an impact on RDR.
The IMA is changing the Managed sectors to fall into line with the Association of British Insurers (ABI) fund categories.
Retirement Planner's round up of the top pensions stories of the week.
Europe's biggest banks have been warned they could face a debt buyers' strike by the Association of British Insurers, amid an increasingly bitter feud over controversial changes to their bonds.
Long-term care funding has a lot to learn from "how the pensions debate has moved on", says Association of British Insurers director of general insurance and health, Nick Starling.
Pension fund managers are creating £3.1bn in undisclosed extra costs to consumers by excessively trading assets, new research has suggested.