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Six insurers have signed up to the Fintech Pledge, tech platform Tech Nation has revealed. Tech Nation revealed Admiral, Aviva, Brit, esure, Lloyd’s and Munich Re Digital Partners signed up to the...

A group of 70 MPs including Diane Abbott, Ian Blackford and Jeremy Corbyn, have come out to oppose the takeover of nearly 50 GP practices by US health insurance firm Centene. The...

Healthcare firm HealthHero has set its sights on further growth and more strategic buys following its acquisition of French telehealth firm Qare. Last week, Health & Protection reported on the acquisition that...

The Protection Distributors Group has added specialist broker The Insurance Surgery and health insurance intermediary Premier Choice Group as new members as of 1st May 2021. The pair take the number of...

Sales of private healthcare policies have hit an all-time high according to ActiveQuote, which has reported its highest number of sales in its history. The comparison website and protection broker revealed the...

Hoyland Common Academy Trust (HCAT) has appointed Lifetime Financial to provide financial education and guidance to its 560 employees at five schools across South Yorkshire. The new initiative aims to help the...

Rob Harvey has joined life insurance information service Protection Guru as a technical protection specialist. Harvey, previously a specialist protection expert at protection specialist Drewberry, will support the business in its continued...

Swedish e-health firm Sanolium AB has named Lars Andåker as interim chief executive officer, effective immediately. Andåker, who succeeds Peter Gille, who has left the company, is a board member and has...

Aviva has paid more than £1bn to its individual protection customers in a year in which the pandemic had a mixed impact on new mental health income protection claims. The insurer revealed...

Employers need to reassess their benefits provision to successfully tackle long Covid, Towergate has warned. The health and wellbeing intermediary warns long Covid could have a big impact for employers for many...