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Vitality has appointed Kathryn Conniff as life underwriting service director. Conniff (pictured) takes responsibility for adviser servicing, including oversight of the national Vitality nurse fleet and leadership of the end‑to‑end underwriting journey....

Canada Life’s group protection sales rose 4% in 2025 and paid £541m in claims, according to the insurer’s full year results. Canada Life's group risk increase contributed to overall sales growth of...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has launched Protect your everyday – The Building Blocks of Life, an animated video, to help explain what income protection is and why it plays a vital role...

Stonebridge has promoted John Scrivens from head of sales to sales director. Scrivens (pictured) will join the board and assume responsibility for the network’s protection and general insurance propositions while Jo Carrasco, who...

The Protection Distributors’ Group (PDG) is calling on advice firms and networks to tell their employees and customers if they are operating with loaded premiums. The subject was raised in a press...

Legal & General’s retail protection business has simplified its life and critical illness policy documents in a bid to make them easier for customers to understand and help advisers to explain cover...

One in three men would not tell their partner if they had cancer. This is according to a survey of 3,000 men conducted by Bupa and released ahead of Valentine’s Day. The...

Swiss Re has appointed Jennifer Gilchrist as protection industry affairs manager. Gilchrist (pictured) joins from Royal London where she was a protection specialist. She had been with the mutual since January 2009....

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England has fallen to 7.29 million, according to official data. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RHQ) did not submit any data...

The Investment & Life Assurance Group (ILAG) has added OneFamily Group and its protection brand, Beagle Street as members. The trade association, whose membership includes professionals from the life insurance, pensions, and...