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The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has added National Friendly as a new member, taking the total number of full and associate members to 19. Jo Miller, co-chairwoman of the IPTF, said:...

The number of health and private medical insurance (PMI) complaints soared by almost a third last year, according to data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Complaints about life and critical illness...

Conducting a LinkedIn search and seeing someone who looked like her and held a key leadership role in the protection sector was a source of inspiration for Nina Brown, protection and mortgage...

Protection advisers needs to focus more on positive messaging and maximise additional benefits and services to better connect with consumers. This is according to Rob Harvey, technical protection specialist at Protection Guru,...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has worked to ensure that pharmaceutical company Aspen’s commitments to cut prices for life-saving cancer medicines can be enforced in the UK following Brexit. The European...

A flexible approach to where their employees work is paying off for advisers who can see the benefits and drawbacks of homeworking. Research carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and...

The Health Compass international private medical insurance (IPMI) product sourcing system has launched. The platform caters for brokers with individual clients requiring IPMI cover. It provides intermediaries fully licensed access to the...

The pandemic changed the way health services are delivered - perhaps forever. Insurers have noted increased demand for digital and virtual GP services and have responded in kind by designing or evolving...

PG Mutual has appointed Andy Elkington as chief executive officer with effect from 1 May 2022. Elkington (pictured) will succeed Mike Perry, who will retire later this year. His more recent roles...

Canada Life UK has appointed Paul Russell as chief information officer (CIO) in place of David Germain, who had initially accepted the role but has since declined to pursue another opportunity. Germain,...