Gastrointestinal endoscopies and biopsies were the most common procedures conducted on insured patients in UK private hospitals in 2014, Healthcode has revealed.

The protection market has seen widespread growth, increasing by 4.1%, Swiss Re's Term & Health Watch 2015 report has found.

Advisers could be forced to collect and share client information on non-advised business with providers under new rules mooted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Holloway Friendly has launched a critical illness income protection policy that pays out a regular income when someone cannot work due to a specified critical illness.

Simplyhealth Group Limited has sold its private medical insurance (PMI) business and its administration to AXA PPP healthcare, subject to regulatory approval.

Half of employees have never been asked in a one-to-one with managers about stress, depression or anxiety, a survey for Bupa has found.

Munich Re's Julie Scott discusses how the critical illness industry could break the cycle of competing on conditions.

Now Health International's investor, the Primary group, has reached an agreement to acquire Best Doctors Insurance to create a larger IPMI provider, subject to relevant approvals.

Comparison website MoneySuperMarket has renewed its long term contract with Lifesearch to provide protection advice to MoneySuperMarket customers.

The Seven Families Campaign has launched a montage video of the families involved.