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Shepherds Friendly has partnered with Co-op Funeralcare to provide a funeral benefit option (FBO) on its over-50s life insurance plans to its direct and intermediary customers. The FBO is optional to Shepherds...

Australian healthcare provider Ramsay Healthcare has followed up its failed attempt to acquire UK provider Spire Healthcare with an agreement to acquire UK mental healthcare provider Elysium Healthcare for A$1.4bn (£775m). While...

Assured Futures is restoring unemployment cover availability to UK customers through a partnership with comparison site Comparethemarket. While unemployment cover was pulled by all providers last spring due to the pandemic, Assured...

Simplyhealth has appointed Jenni Wilson (pictured) as sales director, joining from Nuffield Health. She will replace Pam Whelan who left her position earlier this year, as Health & Protection exclusively reported last...

Advisers are taking a pragmatic to return to homeworking requirements and are having to be flexible around festivities this Christmas. This morning, new rules came into effect ensuring people in England should...

Insurer MetLife UK has agreed to become underwriter for YuLife’s group life cover policies. The partnership will see YuLife continuing to own its’ customer relationships and propositional offering while MetLife will be...

Claims services business Handl Group has acquired organisational health and wellbeing business Robertson Cooper for an undisclosed sum. Manchester-based Robertson Cooper was founded more than 20 years ago by Professor Ivan Robertson...

Royal London has confirmed it will enter into exclusive talks about merging with LV= following the collapse of Bain Capital's deal to takeover of the mutual. At a special general meeting this...

Legal & General has launched an HR communication toolkit aimed at helping employers boost the value of employee benefits and wellbeing. The six-step guide, including templates, examples and checklists, has been developed...

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Alak Sharma as director of risk and compliance, subject to regulatory approval. Sharma (pictured) joins from Brightside Group where she was risk and compliance director. She is a...