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One in five insurance professionals claim the cost of living crisis is causing customers to cut back on cover, according to a survey of Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) members. The social media...

Howden has appointed Cesare Lai as head of employee benefits and wellbeing in Italy. Lai has worked for more than 20 years in the sector including roles at AIG, Mercer, Willis Towers...

Aviva has added a dedicated neurodiversity pathway for group income protection (GIP) customers to its wider suite of vocational rehabilitation and early intervention services. The pathway aims to provide workplace support for...

Insurers are not focusing on introducing digital business channels for fear of upsetting and disrupting advisers and intermediaries, according to Swiss Re-backed technology provider IptiQ. The firm warned that regulatory interventions would...

Mortgage sourcing software provider Twenty7Tec has bought Bluecoat Software which owns the Finplan customer relationship management (CRM) system used by many protection advisers. The Finplan CRM is used by more than 300...

HCA Healthcare UK's Lister Fertility Clinic has opened a fertility centre at The Portland Hospital in central London. It is the second location in the capital and will provide an array of...

Friends outrank GPs as the most popular point of contact to talk about the perimenopause or menopause, according to research from MetLife UK. The research was carried out by Censuswide in February/March...

British Friendly has launched level guaranteed premiums on its short and long-term income protection Protect product as a new, second premium option in addition to its existing age-costed guaranteed premiums. The mutual...

Legal & General paid just over £335m in group protection claims in 2021, up almost 4% on 2020. The provider's 2021 group claims data reveals group critical illness cover claims almost doubled...

Securing buy-in from the top is critical to ensuring companies can unlock the productivity boost created by embedding happiness into their health and wellbeing strategies. This is according to occupational coach Jenny...