Brokers can now offer an instant personalised quote for April UK's Private Medical Insurance Plan through a system upgrade to be rolled out across the UK from 2 December.

Insurer Zurich is training its sales staff to obtain the same minimum qualification level as that required of the advisers they speak to.

Friends Life has simplified its Group Life claims process by removing the need to have sight of the original death certificate to verify Group Life claims.

Scotland would set up its own financial conduct regulator if it becomes independent from the UK, according to the Scottish government's white paper on independence.

Disability rights UK has announced a national campaign highlighting the benefits of the welfare state.

I the first of a series of initiatives, mutual Benenden Health has launched a subsidiary ‘Benenden Wellbeing Limited' with a new initiative ‘Independent Living'.

Aetna has announced it has agreed to acquire international PMI provider InterGlobal from a group led by its majority shareholder Alchemy Partners.

If you were designing a product for covering the need for health intervention and prompt appropriate treatment would it look like a classic corporate PMI insurance?

Evidence of Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS') treatment of small businesses has been passed to financial regulators by business secretary Vince Cable, according to reports.

Comparison sites are facing an investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ensure consumers are not "being misled".