Company News

Many SME employers are largely unaware of the business protection market but adviser partnerships with accountants are key to closing that gap and growing the sector. A new report from Scottish Widows...

Royal London has seen its protection sales soar 66.7% in the first half of the year following income protection product updates and continued momentum in its high net-worth business. It also noted...

Legal & General protection sales grew significantly during the first half of 2026 due to an increase in margin and completions, the insurer reported. There was a near equal split between retail...

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...