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AIA Group has reported 15% growth in value of new business (VONB) completed in 2025 and operating profit after tax for the year rose to US$7.1bn from US$6.65bn in the previous year....

Spire Healthcare has launched an end‑to‑end workplace health solution designed to help employers proactively improve employee wellbeing, reduce sickness absence, and boost productivity. Spire Workplace Health is a single proposition spanning prevention,...

Ascend Broking Group’s success at the Health & Protection Awards was a “massive step up” and was a contributor to the broker attracting the funding to drive the business forward. This is...

Turquoise Health has raised $40m in Series C funding.  This latest round was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Adams Street Partners and Yosemite. Turquoise revealed...

The number of protection policies sold in 2025 rose 1.4% continuing the market's incremental recovery, according to data from reinsurer Gen Re. New policies sold rose to 2,042,789 last year from 2,015,560...

Aviva is expanding its AI underwriting summarisation tool to support individual critical illness (CI) insurance applications.  The move means the insurer will now be able to summarise most individual protection applications where...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has added CoverMyBubble and Omny Benefits as members, while Meg Kirby MBE, founder of charity LegaCare, is to become an ambassador. Emma Astley, founder and adviser at...

UnderwriteMe has launched AI Engine for post-issue audits, an automated misrepresentation detection solution designed to help life insurers dramatically expand audit coverage —without increasing underwriting resource. Post-issue audits are reviews conducted after...

Spectrum.Life has entered the Australian market through the acquisitions of Melbourne-based MindFit at Work and Sydney-based We Lysn and Valion Health. Rather than entering the Australian market organically, Spectrum.Life explained it has...

Lianne Jackson has joined National Friendly as business development manager (BDM). Jackson (pictured) joins from Bupa where she had been a BDM since 2024 and will report directly to Gifford Clay, head...