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Canadian health and life insurer Manulife has launched “Fuel Up Fridays”, a new initiative aimed at supporting the wellbeing of its global team. Starting this Friday (10 September), Manulife will dedicate the...

Cirencester Friendly has partnered with healthcare rm to launch YourHalo for its income protection members. YourHalo ('Your Health and Lifestyle Options'), delivered by health and wellbeing specialist, healthcare rm, will provide Cirencester...

Willis Towers Watson has partnered with Applied Systems Europe to support real-time pricing. Willis Towers Watson’s Radar Live partner programme enables insurers and MGAs to develop their rates, underwriting rules and adjustments,...

In one of the more unusual stories to cross our news desk, Andrew Wilkinson, director at Moneysworth Life Insurance, spoke to Health & Protection about how One Direction's Louis Tomlinson helped get...

British Friendly is reintroducing day 1 and week 1 cover for new income protection applications from today (7 September). The move, which the mutual says in response to adviser and customer demand,...

Hexarad has secured a £2.3m funding round to accelerate its growth plans. The teleradiology start-up was founded in 2016 by a group of NHS consultant radiologists who wanted to address the problem...

Advisers are concerned government's expected increase to National Insurance could lead cash strapped families  to reconsider paying for health or protection cover. Later today, the Prime Minister is expected to confirm a...

Line managers want greater clarity around wellbeing strategies, according to research from Legal & General. The research was conduced for Legal & General's Workplace Wellbeing Barometer by Opinium among 1,055 employees (middle...

The true implications of long Covid - and its full impact on employers - will only become fully apparent when employees return to the workplace, according to Christine Husbands, managing director at...

All of the support to enable the protection sector's Paralympics medal winner Jordanne Whiley to put in the hours on court has paid off, according to her boss Hearthstone Mortgages managing director...