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Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has completed its £12m purchase of protection intermediary Cavendish Online. The deal was originally announced in June and Lloyds confirmed to Health & Protection that Cavendish Online would...

Health & Protection is launching its first UK private medical insurance (PMI) report analysing the extent of the market. The report is available to download for free by advisers, intermediaries and brokers...

The insurance sector needs to be prepared to take a few more risks to attract more diverse talent into the sector,  according to sustainability consultant Will McDonald. McDonald was previously a group...

Aviva, Unum and Axa are the three insurers generating the most response and interest through their equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) efforts, according to Penta research shared exclusively with Health & Protection....

The Exeter is the latest health insurer to launch a guided care option for its private medical insurance (PMI) product. The Health+ guided option provides members with a shortlist of suitable specialists...

Bupa Global & UK has partnered with mental health social media platform Just Ask A Question (JAAQ) in a six-month trial aimed at increasing access to online health advice. During the trial...

Employee benefits platform WorkLife by OpenMoney has partnered with insurer Canada Life to enable employers to offer life products to their employees. The collaboration offers WorkLife customers the ability to provide life...

Royal London has eased its mental health underwriting aimed at ensuring more customers can secure protection - with some conditions being covered that previously would have been rejected. The changes mean that...

Bupa Global has restructured its senior management with commercial director Patrick Watt leaving the international private medical insurance (IPMI) provider. The insurer has created three regional business units - UK and Africa,...

UK firms have lost a further two working weeks per employee despite a concerted effort to increase the range of health and wellbeing benefits offered to staff, according to research from Vitality....