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UnderwriteMe has removed its question about a recent diagnosis or symptoms of Covid from the customer application process on its protection platform. The firm said the move was in response to its...

Dentists' Provident paid out £5.4m on a total of 1,190 claims and approved 98.9% of new claims last year. In 2020 it paid £5.9m in claims and approved 96.4% those it received....

Swiss Re has called more than half of new level term assurance (LTA) policies being purchased without advice for the first time a “watershed” moment. Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager for life and...

An East London private GP surgery has been suspended by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for exposing patients to risk of avoidable harm. During the CQC's regular inspection of the Northway Clinic...

Czech insurance broker Respect has joined the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) as a member. Launched in 1993, Respect is a Prague-headquartered insurance broker focused on business insurance in the Czech and Slovak...

Individual protection insurance sales in the UK increased by 6.3% in 2021 - indicating a rebound for the market following a tough year in 2020, according to Swiss Re’s latest Term &...

Aviva and Legal & General saw significant rises in protection product sales last year to dominate the market as it continued its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The duo accumulated more than...

IPipeline is launching cloud-based hosted authoring services from its SSG Digital platform. The firm says this move to the cloud will benefit insurers by allowing them to make changes to their platform...

Customers are talking about the cost of living crisis more when discussing protection so any help government can provide is to be welcomed, advisers told Health & Protection. Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday...

Bupa UK is expanding coverage on its group dental insurance products including faster oral cancer treatment, an additional higher level of benefit, and hospital dental treatment. The upgrades will be available to...