The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reportedly pushing for GPs to be required to encourage patients with long term medical conditions to go back to work.

Aviva has reduced its not taken up (NTU) rates for protection products by a quarter over the last three years.

Lord Robert Winston has slammed the government's Health and Social Care Bill saying there was "a hell of a lot wrong with it" and said it did not address patients basic medical needs.

Stress and other mental health issues are now the most common reason for people absent from work, new research has found.

Allianz has extended the range of pre-existing health conditions it will cover on its Worldwide Care international private medical insurance (IPMI) plan.

Almost 400 public health experts have given the government's NHS reforms a damning review.

Insurers must continue using their online systems in to post sales care to support advisers and their client relationships, an industry working group has demanded.

The Competition Commission's first set of remedies for payment protection insurance (PPI) were introduced on Saturday.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has welcomed the FSA's decision to restart its funding review of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

LV= has signified its intent to become the cheapest income protection (IP) provider by reducing prices for the next three months.