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LifeSearch ties-up online and advised PensionBee protection partnership
Online pension provider PensionBee has chosen LifeSearch as its advice partner for its newly launched direct-to-consumer protection insurance offering. LifeSearch will provide a fully digital buy and apply now journey, along with...
Read moreMedical breakthroughs expected to drive global life expectancy gains – Swiss Re
Life expectancy is expected to start rising again thanks to medical breakthroughs, especially for cancer and ageing-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, according to Swiss Re. Obesity and unequal access to healthcare...
Read moreDubai delivery drivers get health checks from Healthcare City initiative
Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) has organised its first periodic health check for delivery riders as part of its Riders' Corner initiative. The community focused initiative, announced last autumn, provides a custom air-conditioned...
Read more‘My mental health challenge after heart surgery was where’s the finish line?’
Not knowing where the "finish line" was proved to be one of the biggest mental health challenges to ultra marathon runner and Vitality director of specialist health sales and dedicated distribution Athos...
Read moreMost working couples need both incomes to meet monthly outgoings – LV=
More than half of working couples require both incomes to pay for their monthly living costs, according to research from LV=. The mutual's Reaching Resilience report which surveyed 4,000 UK adults found...
Read moreProtection sales up more than 11,500 in Q1 – Gen Re
More than eleven and a half thousand more protection policies were sold in the first quarter of the year when compared with the same period in 2022, according to Gen Re. The...
Read moreRecord NHS waits have ‘high impact’ on benefit design for employers
Four in 10 employers say long NHS waiting lists will have a "high impact" on the design of their benefits strategy while for a third the situation has already hit their provision....
Read moreLegal & General approval rates increase for life, CI and IP claims
Legal & General saw claims approval rates across its life insurance, critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) products all increase in 2022. The insurer paid out over a third more IP...
Read morePMI patients hit post-pandemic peak as self-pay slips – PHIN
The number of patients receiving treatment through private medical insurance (PMI) rose in the fourth quarter of the year to reach its highest level since before the pandemic hit. Last year was...
Read moreRoyal London agrees £1.2m support for Cancer Research targeting early diagnosis
Royal London has begun a £1.2m charity partnership with Cancer Research UK aimed at tackling cancer inequalities. The partnership will fund research into hard-to-treat cancers and initiatives to improve the pathway to...
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