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Care for the elderly and disabled at home are currently enjoying a high political profile.

Lutine Assurance is launching a free employee benefit programme for its group life policy holders.

Bupa is offering group critical illness (CI) claimants and their families access to Best Doctors with no increase in premiums.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has announced its Private Medical Insurance Group will broaden its remit to include income protection, critical illness, and group life insurance.

Policymakers should focus on making existing regulatory powers work before jumping to extend their remit, or risk damaging UK competitiveness, says the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Bupa has unveiled its enhanced dental plan that will be available from April.

Prudential chief executive Tidjane Thiam will not be joining SocGen as a non-executive director amid strong shareholder anger at the proposed move.

The ABI's new director general Kerrie Kelly has urged the FSA to be open-minded and balanced about its judgements on the likely dangers posed to consumers and on what consumers actually want.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) and Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) have confirmed the launch of the new health insurance examination.

The FSAs consultation on Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling has costly ramifications for the PPI industry according to financial research company Defaqto.