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Health insurance provider GeoBlue has appointed Diego Fernández as president and chief executive officer, effective from 13 June. As well as serving on GeoBlue's board, Fernández had been with Bupa since 2011,...

To kick off Pride Month, Health & Protection speaks to Chris Bailey-Munt, B2B content and social media manager for intermediary marketing at Aviva, about considering whether he should refer to his "partner"...

Richard Lloyd has started his new role as interim chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority. Lloyd's appointment was announced on 4 February this year. Previously the FCA’s senior independent director, Lloyd (pictured)...

Vitality has found that even small amounts of regular exercise can cut the average costs per claim for its members needing hospital treatments. Analysis of Vitality data for in-hospital and day treatment...

Cohabitees are no longer a "negligible" minority so advisers have a crucial role in communicating the importance to marital status when organising life cover, Insuring Change partner Ruth Gilbert has emphasised. She...

Royal London has paid a record £632m in claims in 2021 to more than 84,000 claimants and approved 99.5% of all protection claims last year. This compares with 2020 claims data which...

UnderwriteMe has removed its question about a recent diagnosis or symptoms of Covid from the customer application process on its protection platform. The firm said the move was in response to its...

Dentists' Provident paid out £5.4m on a total of 1,190 claims and approved 98.9% of new claims last year. In 2020 it paid £5.9m in claims and approved 96.4% those it received....

Swiss Re has called more than half of new level term assurance (LTA) policies being purchased without advice for the first time a “watershed” moment. Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager for life and...

An East London private GP surgery has been suspended by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for exposing patients to risk of avoidable harm. During the CQC's regular inspection of the Northway Clinic...