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Cirencester Friendly paid 94% of new income protection (IP) claims made in 2025, down slightly from 95.8% in 2024. According to the mutual’s claims report for 2025, the total number of IP...

Breast and prostate cancer were the two cancers members sought most help with in the first nine months of Benenden Health’s tie-in with Reframe Cancer. Data taken from 1 July 2025 to...

Bupa is integrating Skin Analytics’ Derm AI system into its at-home skin assessment service for moles and lesions.  After contacting Bupa about a concerning mole or lesion, customers receive a kit containing...

International employee benefits consultancy and broker HW International has rebranded to Dubois, bringing its European and Australian operations together under a single global identity. In Australia, this includes a company name change...

Holloway Friendly and Wiltshire Friendly have announced a proposal to merge subject to regulatory approval. This is the second merger of UK mutuals announced this year following OneFamily and Scottish Friendly's merger...

LifeSearch is in the final stages of testing its new customer app which it will use to improve consumer understanding and engagement, Health & Protection can reveal. It will start with focusing...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has played a key role in creating profiles that inform how LifeSearch communicates with its customers and their protection journeys. This is according to LifeSearch CEO Debbie Kennedy (pictured),...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England decreased to 7.22 million in February 2026, down 31,006 compared to January 2026, according to official data. This marked the fourth...

Medicash will launch a new wellbeing and preventative health product following a year in which it increased policyholder numbers almost 9% and surplus doubled to £3.8m in 2025. The cash plan provider...

A machine learning future will make protection distribution better, not worse, but the industry has been challenged to not let innovation outpace integrity, according to LifeSearch executive chairman Tom Baigrie. Baigrie (pictured)...