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CQC rates two Staffordshire mental health hospitals inadequate for second time
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated two Staffordshire mental health hospitals as inadequate for the second time in six months. The CQC inspected John Munroe Hospital, a 57-bed hospital for men...
Read moreBreast Cancer Awareness Month: Covid stopped third of people following-up concerns
More than a third of people did not follow up breast cancer worries due to the pandemic, according to research from Aviva. Its survey of 1,000 UK consumers found that, when asked...
Read moreSpectrum.Life launches specialist mental health support service
Employee assistance programme (EAP) and wellbeing provider Spectrum.Life has launched Total Mental Health. The service provides users with continuous mental health and wellbeing support, including unlimited on-demand access to a personal mental...
Read moreBreast Cancer Awareness Month: Claims largely consistent with pre-pandemic levels
The number of breast cancer claims appear to have largely held up during the course of the whole of pandemic when compared with 2019 levels, insurers have told Health & Protection. Vitality...
Read moreAutumn Budget 2021: IHT ‘stealth tax’ earns Treasury £1bn but no move on IPT
The chancellor's freezing of inheritance tax will contribute to more and more people being caught out by 'stealth' taxes over the next five years. Autumn Budget documents reveal chancellor Rishi Sunak's freezing...
Read moreSun Life Asia appoints president from Old Mutual
Sun Life Asia has appointed Ingrid Johnson as its president. The Sun Life division covers life, health and wealth management businesses in eight Asian markets – China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,...
Read moreFCA approves next step of LV= deal with Bain Capital but adds conditions
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has required LV= to improve communications with members as it granted permission for the mutual to proceed with a court hearing related to its proposed sale to...
Read moreIncreasingly personalised products risk excluding customers from insurance – PwC
Increasing personalisation in the design of health insurance products risks leaving some customers out in the cold, according to consultancy PwC. The firm's Insurance Banana Skins 2021 report highlights issues associated with...
Read more87% secures £50k funding from Aviva to target SME mental health
Mental wellbeing service 87% has secured £50,000 of funding from the Aviva Foundation to help improve mental health among SMEs. 87% said its Building the Resilience of SMEs programme aimed to avert...
Read moreCII trims gender pay gap but reports significant ethnicity disparity
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has cut its gender pay gap over the last year but reported an ethnicity pay gap as high as 25% by one measure. The figures show men...
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