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Medicash has published its health insurance claims statistics for 2012.

Surveys suggest only around 1 in 10 UK employees have income protection insurance, yet as Which? says ‘The one protection policy every working adult in the UK should consider is the very one most of us don't have - income protection'.

British Friendly has announced its claims stats for 2012, its second year of intermediary trading.

The imminent Welfare Reform Act should serve as a wake-up call to the public. It will be launched on 1 April and will bring major changes to payments for thousands of people and further reinforce that reliance on the State is a fool's paradise.

The FSA is conducting a review into insurance firms' use of private investigators amid suspicions of poor practice.

Cirencester Friendly has called for an industry standard for income protection claims statistics to be provided after publishing its annual claims statistics.

Wiltshire Friendly paid out 99.20% of all submitted income protection claims in 2012, the mutual's highest reported level over the past 4 years.

AXA PPP has apologised for the "human error" mistake that prevented pay out at the point of claim for a Health on Line policyholder suffering from prostate cancer.

Friends Life has maintained its position on the rejected critical illness and life insurance claim of a father of two that died of cancer, despite a high-profile campaign backed by celebrities Stephen Fry and Miranda Hart for it to reverse its decision....

Scottish Provident has published its claims statistics and reports 93% was paid out in the first half of 2012.