Company News

Lianne Jackson has joined National Friendly as business development manager (BDM). Jackson (pictured) joins from Bupa where she had been a BDM since 2024 and will report directly to Gifford Clay, head...

International health insurer Vumi has launched in Europe with a base in Malta to provide plans for EU populations. It is offering three versions of its Euro Health plan at launch -...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) saw its protection revenue increase by more than 13% in 2025 to break the £100m mark with sales up 7%. The national mortgage and protection intermediary earned £102.7m...

Almost four in 10 employers are concerned about the physical health of their younger workers, according to research from Everywhen. Employer concerns around both physical and mental health gradually increased with age...

Swiss Re is completing its withdrawal from the IptiQ business. The reinsurer has reached an agreement to sell the Americas business, subject to regulatory approvals, and will run-off the EMEA life and...

LifeSearch is providing Skipton Building Society members with life and wider protection insurance advice. The move comes as the society moves from a single-tie arrangement to a broker model. Skipton’s members will...

Certua Life has entered the UK individual life insurance market with a group offering expected to follow. The company told Health & Protection that it will operate on a non-advised basis and...

Protection insurance providers need to shake-up how they report critical illness claims statistics to better reflect the realities of their customers. This is according to Adam Higgs, head of protection at St...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England dropped to 7.2 million at the end of January, according to official data. This was the third consecutive month with a...

Seven in ten consumers have not seen or heard anything about income protection (IP) or critical illness (CI) in the last year and views are often based on flase assumptions, according to CIExpert’s...