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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put forward a proposal requiring firms to provide statements detailing whether they have hit diversity targets, and where targets have been missed to explain why. The...

Royal London has boosted its critical illness cover (CIC) in a bid to improve protection claims outcomes for parents and their children. The changes, effective from tomorrow, mean pay-out for additional cover...

Comparison site Comparethemarket saw life insurance sales increase 18% in the year to March 2021, compared to the same period the previous year - in contrast with a 3% decline between 2018...

LifeSearch is seeking to build upon a 47% increase in profits by investing further in technology, marketing and its staff. This is according to the life insurance intermediary's founder and CEO Tom...

More than half of UK patients plan to use healthcare apps in future but they prefer traditional face-to-face appointments. This is according to a report commissioned by Mobiquity and conducted by Censuswide...

Aon has agreed to pay $1bn in termination fees to Willis Towers Watson (WTW) following the collapse of the merger of the two firms. Last month, Health & Protection reported the US...

Covéa Insurance has promoted chief operating officer Adrian Furness to chief executive officer. He succeeds James Reader, who the firm revealed is leaving the business and has no plans to take on...

Aegon has been formally accredited as a Living Wage employer. The life insurer revealed while it has informally adopted the real Living Wage with its workforce for many years, the official accreditation...

Shepherds Friendly has joined the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) claims charter. The charter incorporates a number of pledges including having a dedicated claims team to handle all telephone-based claims alongside a process...

Health insurers have revealed to Health & Protection whether their workplace schemes will cover Covid-19 testing as employers are urged to look into all options to source lateral flow tests. This follows...