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Health Shield Friendly Society has appointed experienced HR consultant Jacqui Carr, as its new chief executive. The cash plan provider revealed Carr has played a key role in reengineering the firm's approach...

Medicash sold more than 122,000 new policies in 2021, it's highest figure in one year, according to data from the health insurer. The data also revealed the firm started 2022 with a...

Aviva has made a series of changes to its individual protection underwriting process including increasing its medical evidence age and sum assured thresholds and relaxing its Covid policy. On individual income protection...

Royal London has made changes to its critical illness cover (CIC) in a bid to pay more protection claims. Under the changes the mutual insurer has added two new definitions that pay...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is adding the full LV= flexible protection plan range of products and options to its protection panel. LV='s income protection plans have been available to MAB advisers since...

Munich Re has announced it will not renew existing contracts in Russia and Belarus and has suspended all new business. The group added it will do the same with its investments in...

OneAmerica has appointed Joe Ingream as senior vice president to lead its employee benefits business. Primarily focusing on group life and disability coverage for working Americans, Ingream will also be responsible for...

PG Mutual has partnered with Blue Light Card to offer healthcare workers and their families a 20% discount off their first two years’ premiums for its Income Protection Plus insurance. The product...

Female advisers' place greater emphasis on successful relationship building with client families than their male counterparts, according to research from the Embark Group. The group's latest Investor Confidence Barometer survey of 251...

Almost four in 10 employers have increased virtual healthcare support during the pandemic, according to research fromgroup risk industry body Grid. The research found 38% of businesses had increased support that can...