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Royal London's new business sales of protection products fall 43% year-on-year, according to the mutual's interim results for the first six months of 2022. New protection business sales were down to £12m...

The number of people in the UK suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year has fallen by 46,000, according to official figures. The findings appear to finally show...

Shepherds Friendly income protection (IP) products are now available on the Iress quote and apply product sourcing software The Exchange. Dave Miller, executive general manager, commercial at Iress, said: “We’re thrilled to...

Bupa has added 150,000 customers across UK its private medical insurance (PMI), health trusts, dental and cash plans products in 2022. Meanwhile the Bupa Global international PMI business has returned to profitability...

Digital health app Peppy has partnered with global insurance consultant Lockton to offer gender-specific health services for the employees of its UK-based clients. Through Peppy’s app, employees of Lockton clients can access...

Phoenix Group has acquired Sun Life UK, a closed book UK life insurance company, from Sun Life Financial for £248m. The acquisition is expected to deliver around £470m of incremental long-term cash...

US global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman has agreed a strategic alliance with price transparency platform Turquoise Health. The firms said they are working together to harness newly published price transparency data...

LSL Property Services has reported a 2% fall in protection sales during the first six months of 2022 but said it believes the firm has increased its market share as the overall...

David Taylor has been promoted to managing director of Punter Southall Aspire's employee benefits business. Taylor (pictured) joined the firm back in February to lead its health and protection practice. He joined...

Only one in four employers are offering emotional support such as counselling to employees, while a similarly small proportion of organisations tailor their benefits to specific workforce demographics, studies have found. Research...