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Medicash has launched a new corporate health cash plan including unlimited NHS Cover, access to Best Doctors and direct payment of PMI excesses.

Universal Provident has launched a new combined protection and health insurance product aimed at customers forced to reduce their cover limits.

Protection complaints continued to rise during the year and have already breached last year's totals in some product areas.

Bupa has introduced its first consumer dental insurance product.

Simplyhealth has produced guidance for employers about the tax implications of providing health benefits to staff.

Westfield Health has updated its Westfield Flex Healthcare Plan with new benefits and increased benefit amounts.

Jelf has warned that the private health insurance and employee benefits sector will be "no place for the faint hearted" next year.

Fraud is becoming a key target for the health insurance industry as it bids to stem the continued growth in medical inflation.