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Businesses should resist scaling back on healthcare strategies according to Broadstone, even as the unemployment rate increases. ONS labour market data out today shows that the UK unemployment rate for people aged...

LifeSearch will be supplying Knight Square Insurance Brokers (KSI) with individual protection intermediary services for its employees, clients and associated customers.  LifeSearch will provide KSI with tailored micro-SME protection advice to its...

Fewer than one in five new life insurance policies were written into trust arrangements in 2023 although momentum is building for alternatives such as beneficiary nomination, according to reinsurer Swiss Re and...

The modern, globally mobile workforce and the rise of the digital nomad presents a unique set of challenges for insurers and how they handle individual international private medical insurance (IPMI) products.  Meanwhile,...

Steve Herbert has joined Occupational Health Assessment in the newly-created role of brand ambassador He will be promoting the provider's specialist services and highlighting the need for employers and employees to have...

Innovation from insurers in the design of income protection products could fill the gap where employees are left out of pocket while benefitting from new bereavement leave rights. Last month, government unveiled...

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has acquired a "significant" strategic stake in mortgage and protection advice firm New Homes Mortgage Services (NHMS). NHMS is the largest appointed representative (AR) mortgage and protection intermediary...

UK firms are making a "significant" impact on workplace wellbeing by catching serious conditions early and promoting preventive care as difficulties accessing NHS treatment persists. This is according to financial services consultancy...

Everest Insurance International has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven international private medical insurance (IPMI) management tool for the Singapore market. The Innovator product was developed to choose appropriate doctors and was developed...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has acquired Oklahoma-based Scout Benefits Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Scout Benefits Group offers employee benefits consulting services with a focus on health plan...