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Jelf brands absence of tax breaks for IP as ‘madness’

Cover | 09 Feb 2012 | 16:24

Jelf has warned that many of the key recommendations of the Sickness Absence Review are unlikely to ever be realised and called its decision to ignore income protection (IP) as ‘madness’.

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Free protection to credit union members

Cuna Mutual is offering three months free accident wage protection to credit union members.

Cover | 09 Feb 2012 | 15:38
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Parents unaware of children's CI benefits

Parents are risking the financial security of their families should they become seriously ill by not buying critical illness (CI) protection.

Cover | 09 Feb 2012 | 12:05

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Developing simple protection products will be 'quite challenging'

The protection industry may have to change the way it works if it is to maximise the potential of the simple products initiative, the project’s leader has said.

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 16:57
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InterGlobal sponsors Air Ambulance Alliance

InterGlobal is to sponsor the International Air Ambulance Alliance (IAAA), a network committed to raising the professional standards of fixed-wing air ambulance providers.

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 12:51
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Report on Social Care failing in technicalities says Partnership

The Health Committee report on Social Care is making recommendations having failed to understand the technicalities behind the Dilnot Report, Partnership has said.

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 12:51
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MPs urge govt to stimulate LTC market

MPs on the Health Select Committee (HSC) have urged the government to stimulate the long term care (LTC) insurance market.

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 07:30
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Group risk set to boom with auto-enrolment

The imminent introduction of auto-enrolment looks set to trigger increased investment in employee benefits, according to research from Group Risk Development (Grid).

Cover | 07 Feb 2012 | 15:45
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Clients unaware of state bereavement payments

Grieving clients could be missing out on thousands of pounds worth of state bereavement benefits, RGA has said.

Cover | 07 Feb 2012 | 13:05
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Scottish Widows eyes protection market return

Scottish Widows has revealed it is examining the possibility of re-entering the IFA protection market.

Cover | 07 Feb 2012 | 12:19
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Protection industry must provide 'wakeup call' to those relying on State

Cirencester friendly has warned that the government’s continued welfare reforms prove relying solely the State for support is a “fool’s paradise” and urged the protection industry to push this point across.

Cover | 06 Feb 2012 | 15:53
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British troops killed without life cover

Dozens of soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan without taking out life insurance while thousands more have served active duty without cover, it has been revealed.

Cover | 06 Feb 2012 | 15:23
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Doctors demand investigation into PMI fee schedules

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to extend its private healthcare market review to include insurers’ fee schedules.

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 14:59

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