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Protection advice firm LifeSearch has joined 26 financial services firms in signing up to a new Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) charter aimed at increasing flexible working to improve diversity and equality...

Royal London paid out a record £591m in protection claims last year with £13m paid to families who had experienced a death due to Covid-19. The mutual insurer revealed it paid 99.6%...

Safeguarding basic benefits such as medical insurance and pensions has created a better sense of security among Ikea's workers in the pandemic. This is according to Ulrika Biesèrt, global people and culture...

LV= is extending both its payment break and premium and cover reduction options until the end of the year. The measures are available for a maximum of six months and customers who...

More than two in three workers are worried about a loss of earnings due to injury or illness such as Covid, according to research from health and protection insurer The Exeter. The...

Improving employee wellbeing has a direct link to how firms perform, according to a survey from global professional services firm Aon. The research, conducted in partnership with IPSOS, reveals improvements to employee...

Almost two thirds of firms offer employees some kind of insurance protection benefit, according to the latest CIPD/Simplyhealth Health and Wellbeing at Work survey report. The report shows 64% of firms offer...

Global financial assistance product provider CPP Group has appointed Carl Carter as CEO of its UK business. Carter (pictured) succeeds retiring UK MD Michael Whitfield who will remain with CPP Group, taking...

Private healthcare should be seen as an ally rather than competition to the NHS, according to Stuart Scullion, the outgoing executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Scullion...

Global data science and digital health company Holmusk has bought UK-based mental health predictive analytics provider Otsuka Health Solutions (OHS). Holmusk says the acquisition from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe will deepen its footprint...