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Benenden Hospital has appointed Peter Snuggs as commercial services director. Snuggs (pictured) brings 30 years of experience as a commercial specialist within private healthcare, having started his career at Axa Health where...

HealthHero has told Health & Protection it has successfully completed the refinancing required to provide the business with the “significant financial headroom” to pursue its strategic growth ambitions. The refinancing closed in...

The Financial Ombudsman Service’s (FOS) board has appointed Jenny Simmonds as permanent chief executive officer and James Dipple-Johnstone as permanent chief ombudsman. The appointments follow an open recruitment process led by the...

ActiveQuote chief operations officer Rod Jones is leaving the business after almost eight years. The move comes as the integration with parent company Howden is set to be completed this weekend –...

As part of Health & Protection’s Guide to PMI for new entrants, Emma Wood, director of healthcare at Broadway Insurance Partners, talks about why building relationships across the sector matters when successfully entering...

As part of Health & Protection's Guide to PMI for new entrants, Marcia Reid, non-executive director, Sherwood Healthcare, explores some of the main issues to avoid for firms and advisers new to the...

Mortgage and protection network HLPartnership has appointed Rudi Botha (pictured) as CEO, subject to FCA approval. He succeeds Chris Tanner who is stepping back from day-to-day executive leadership. Under Tanner's leadership, HLP...

Sabrina Lane is to succeed Nicky Bray as chief underwriter for Zurich Life upon her retirement this autumn. Bray (pictured), chief underwriter for the past 13 years, joined Zurich as senior underwriting...

LV= paid out almost £152m and approved 95% of claims in 2025 – up from £137m and on par with the 95% figures in 2024. The approval rate for life insurance claims...

The general insurance sector can learn from their protection peers’ example with progress made on claims disclosure. But protection providers should go even further by publishing the average time taken to pay...