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Swiss Re splits life and health reinsurance away from property and casualty
Swiss Re is to split its reinsurance business unit into two divisions - property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance, and life and health (L&H) reinsurance. The reorganisation will be effective from 3 April...
Read moreWorld Cancer Day: Advisers praise insurers for ‘wonderful’ oncology teams and handling complex international claims
Insurers are being praised by advisers for their efforts to support customers suffering with cancer - including one that helped a woman who was forced to have her treatment 2,000 miles away...
Read moreIncome Protection Task Force welcomes trio to steering group
The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has welcomed The Exeter marketing manager Shaun Ware, Aviva marketing manager Rebecca Lowe, and consultant Monica Garcia to its steering group. The trio join existing members...
Read moreGain adds Aviva as industry transformer member
The Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity (GAIN) has added Aviva as an industry transformer member. By joining Gain, Aviva has pledged to engage, educate, and enable neurodivergent individuals to thrive...
Read moreZurich engages with sickle cell protection campaign and admits challenges as advisers say cover would be ‘incredibly welcomed’
Zurich has engaged with a campaign to create protection products for people suffering with sickle cell and highlighted there are widespread solutions available for carriers, but noted the complexity of the disease...
Read morePatient buy-in crucial to NHS data sharing but government ‘going full sprint’
Sharing NHS data with private companies presents a "remarkable opportunity" to link data with healthcare action but getting buy-in from the public is crucial as they currently do not trust the sector...
Read moreEAPs and local NHS collaboration key to helping staff stuck on waiting lists
A combination of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) and reaching out to local NHS services could play a key role in supporting the health of staff stuck on waiting lists. This is according...
Read moreAxa Health tells Jeremy Hunt to cut tax for workplace PMI in Budget
Axa Health has told chancellor Jeremy Hunt he should implement a tax cut for employers providing private medical insurance (PMI) and wellbeing services in next month's Budget. The submission was in response...
Read moreRapid Quote adds National Friendly’s My PMI to portal
Rapid Quote has added National Friendly's My PMI offering to its portal. The product offers four different levels of cover which are structured to help meet more clients' budgets - from out-patient...
Read moreMAB ARs halt adviser recruitment but H2 rebound expected
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is expecting a fall in adviser numbers across in the first quarter of the year but anticipates this number to stabilise and then gradually grow over the second...
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