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Advisers have reached no clear consensus over whether insurer service levels have improved or not while consumers want faster service from insurers in terms of applications and paying claims. More than a...

Mercer Marsh Benefits has promoted Paul Consterdine to its multinational global commercial leader position effective immediately. He will remain based in Aix-en-Provence, France and report to Mercer Marsh Benefits multinational leader John...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Sacha Romanovitch as its independent non-executive director (INED).  She replaces the outgoing INED Baroness Dianne Hayter and has taken up her role with immediate effect.   Romanovitch...

The future for group income protection (GIP) should be bright, driven by increasing demand for employee benefits, improved add-on services and the cost-effectiveness of the product during the cost-of-living crisis. The growing...

General & Medical Healthcare has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. Founded in 1988, General & Medical Healthcare has grown to become a multifaceted business...

CIExpert has launched the Single is Best campaign calling on the protection industry to advocate and actively encourage the recommendation of individual protection plans as the preferred option for couples and to...

National Friendly has simplified underwriting questions on its income protection (IP) applications. The insurer said this could cut the time it typically takes advisers to apply by more than half, from 14...

Reframe Cancer has appointed Jenni Wilson as a non-executive director. Wilson (pictured) joins the specialist cancer support services provider having built up 30 years commercial expertise in health insurance, hospitals and healthcare....

Aviva has appointed Charlotte Nixon as head of strategic accounts for its individual protection business. Nixon (pictured) will join in January from Quilter Financial Planning where she is proposition and distribution director,...

Group critical illness (CI) is emerging as one of the fastest growing employee benefits. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have woken up the fact that it is more affordable than many had...