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While most people earning the UK’s average wage or below do not take out private medical insurance (PMI), they are open to going private, according to Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) research....

Work Health Experts has joined group risk industry body Grid. Siera Torontow, managing director and co-founder of Work Health Experts, said: “We help reduce risk at source by building leadership capability, improving...

Omni Protect has been chosen by Walsham Brothers as its first distribution partner. The distributor's firms will have access to Walsham Brothers’s mortgage payment protection Insurance (MPPI) range, designed to cover the...

Mairead McLean has joined Axa Health as senior propositions manager. McLean moves from Cigna where she was sales effectiveness senior analyst, having first joined as a sales executive. Announcing her appointment, she...

Captain Kirk has cancer.  William Shatner, who played the original Star Trek space adventurer, has been diagnosed with melanoma, which has spread to his lungs and brain.  Furthermore, the diagnosis came while...

Most consumers want insurance products that include later life care with a significant majority also worried about leaving caring responsibilities or costs to others. Research carried out by Opinium for Vitality found...

Andy Stephenson, a stalwart of the group risk sector who has just retired from his role as senior account manager at Aviva, speaks to Health & Protection about starting out as a...

Axa’s life and health businesses posted an 8% increase in gross written premiums (GWP) and other revenues in the first six months of 2026, the global insurer revealed. The insurer said favourable...

One of Adrian Gore’s four leadership principles played a key role in the defining moment of his career that led to the genesis of Discovery, the parent company of Vitality. Gore outlined...

As part of Health & Protection’s Guide to PMI for new entrants, Sean Kennedy, director of Usay Compare, explores the critical importance of understanding target customers.   Overall, a huge factor in clients...