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Unum UK has appointed John Hyde as chief marketing officer. Hyde joins Unum’s executive committee from Hastings Direct where he was head of growth products and previously spent nine years at Legal...

Starting income protection (IP) conversations, signposting to specialists and sharing positive stories around claims are just some of the pledges made by leading personalities of the protection industry. To round off Income...

Insurers need to get more creative in designing income protection (IP) cover for people who have suffered cancer or heart disease, according to Royal London. The insurer told the Income Protection Taskforce’s...

Aston Lark has made a public statement of its intent to expand its health insurance and employee benefits advice business through purchases and other related transactions. The firm issued a statement saying...

Mayo Clinic Healthcare, the London facility of healthcare provider Mayo Clinic, has agreed a two-year contract with Bupa to deliver care for the health insurer’s UK customers. This includes consultations, diagnostics, endoscopy,...

Advisers should not assume their client cannot access income protection (IP) cover if they have pre-existing medical conditions, AIG Life has said. Helen Croft, head of underwriting strategy at AIG Life explained...

Spire Healthcare has agreed a £15.7m deal to buy the Claremont Private Hospital in Sheffield from Aspen Healthcare as it plots more purchases and expansion. The transaction will see Spire take Aspen’s...

The Huntercombe Hospital Maidenhead has brought in a new leadership team to roll out an urgent action plan following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection this summer. The site is a specialist...

Added services are a key determining factor to people favouring one protection policy over another, according to research from Hymans Robertson. And while more than a third of people (39%) were more...

MetLife has paid £1m in child claims as of 20 September, according to data released by the insurer. The insurer's internal data also found that as of June 2021, 52% of its...