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Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has taken a majority ownership stake in protection advice firm Vita Financial as it seeks to expand in the protection insurance market. The network said it increased its...

Maxis Global Benefits Network (Maxis GBN) has partnered with health insurance solutions provider Further Group to offer its critical advantage solution to multinational clients. By using Further multinationals will be able to...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) failure to explicitly ban loaded premiums under its Consumer Duty means the pressure is on insurers and distributors to justify continuing the controversial practice, according to St...

Scottish Widows  has seen new protection business rise 50% year-on-year and an increase in market share, according to its half-year 2022 results. The results reveal the insurer saw new protection business grow...

Advisers are required to tell the the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) if they witness other firms in the distribution chain who are not meeting its incoming Consumer Duty, the regulator has announced....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given firms a three month extension to execute its Consumer Duty for all new and existing products and services currently on sale and an additional 15...

The largest insurance intermediary firms benefitted most in 2021 as revenues in the market grew – but professional indemnity insurance (PII) costs soared by £141m. Revenue from insurance distribution rose 3.9% to...

Aviva is seeing group risk and private medical insurance (PMI) schemes being brought together as clients and advisers are seeking to get greater value from their premiums. The insurer told Health &...

Patients in England could cut months off their wait for care by acting on their right to choose a different provider for their NHS treatment. A joint report from the Independent Healthcare...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a list of 14 firms covering more than 50,000 people who will not be authorised as funeral providers from 29 July. From that date only...