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Following his brother's diagnosis and recovery from throat cancer last year, Bob wants to take out some critical illness (CI) cover for himself. Bob is 47, drinks moderately but has a body mass index (BMI) of 32 despite being physically active by cycling...

Aviation can be a potentially hazardous hobby. By asking some additional questions, underwriters can determine the category a pilot falls into and the level of risk involved, explains Kevin Carr.

Ruth, 26, is a magazine designer living in London. Although in good health, she suffered from ME for two years in her teens, and contracted malaria while on a gap trip around the world. While she is generally in good health, her ME flared up slightly...

Prudential is considering handing a 20% stake to a sovereign wealth fund to bankroll a bid for part of AIG, its stricken American rival, The Times reports.

Zurich's investment brand Sterling has added its name to the list of firms now offering factory gate priced versions of its products.

Well, I don't know about you but I was utterly shocked to read that you, as advisers, don't add anything to a protection sale. No, you didn't misread that, according to recently published research from the Pru, buying protection through an adviser doesn't...

MARK WOOD, the former UK chief executive of Prudential, has convinced former FSA chairman Sir Howard Davies to join the board of his new insurance company, The Times says this morning.

EGG, THE INTERNET bank owned by Prudential, would be put up for sale if Aviva succeeds in its £17bn all-share bid for its smaller rival, reports The Daily Telegraph.

An industry-wide e-business forum is being launched today to stimulate discussion about technology development and improve the profitability of all financial services firms.

Prudential and Standard Life have respectively published new business figures in the past 24 hours which give a steer on how the life and pensions sector may be heading up, but less so for some than others.