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AI drives Britons to delay care and increase worries – Axa Health
AI tools are causing people to delay essential care and also increase their worries. This is according to research from Axa Health showing 59% of people who check symptoms with AI have...
Read moreHong Kong-based Alea opens Paris office and targets European expansion
Hong Kong-based advice firm Alea Insurance has secured a broker licence in France and opened an office in Paris with the intention of expanding into Europe. The intermediary firm was established in...
Read moreWestfield Health adds Perci Health screening and launches adviser platform
Westfield Health has launched a digital platform designed to overhaul how intermediaries quote, sell and manage health cash plans for their clients. It has also added cancer risk assessment and screening through...
Read moreFour in 10 firms lack formal health and wellbeing strategy – Everywhen
Research from Everywhen shows that 43% of UK companies do not have a formal health and wellbeing strategy in place. The poll of 500 HR decision makers also shows that for 18%...
Read moreConsumer insecurity drives surge in protection interest – National Friendly
Depleting consumer confidence has led to increased interest in taking out protection cover. This is according to National Friendly’s Bruised Britain #3: Modern Day Fears study which polled 2,000 consumers in February...
Read moreZurich adds Empathy bereavement support for retail and group protection customers
Zurich is providing its life protection customers with access to bereavement support service Empathy at no extra cost and also investing in specialist training for its teams. From today, retail protection customers...
Read moreClaire Bostock joins Aviva from HSBC Life
Claire Bostock has joined Aviva’s individual protection team as a strategic account manager. Her most recent role was at HSBC Life where she worked for almost eight years as a national account...
Read moreJordan Ring joins Broadstone from Everywhen
Broadstone has appointed Jordan Ring as senior healthcare consultant. Ring (pictured) joins from Everywhen where she was a senior employee benefits consultant. She previously worked at The Health Insurance Group as a...
Read moreMortality rates in England and Wales plummet to record lows as Covid and flu deaths fall
Overall mortality rates in the first quarter of 2026 were lower than in any previous first quarter on record. This is according to the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) mortality analysis for England...
Read moreHealthHero on ‘growth trajectory’ despite doubts on ability to continue as going concern
HealthHero has told Health & Protection the business is in the middle of a significant growth trajectory and expects operating profit before exceptionals, depreciation and amortisation to be well above £10m in...
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