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The UK group risk market added more than half a million lives covered in 2024 although the rate of expansion slowed due to a more challenging backdrop, according to Swiss Re’s latest...

Broadstone has hired Lindsay Kenny as SME business development consultant, joining from Towergate where she had been an employee benefits consultant since October 2008. The firm said Kenny (pictured) had gained significant...

HCML has acquired ILS, a specialist in rehabilitation case management and care for catastrophically injured children and adults, for an undisclosed sum. ILS has 40 specialist case managers who will all be...

Employers are falling short in offering health and wellbeing support to their employees,  according to research from Towergate Employee Benefits.  Just over half of employers provide support for mental and social health,...

Bernhard Kaufmann will succeed Patrick Raaflaub as Swiss Re's group chief risk officer as of 1 October 2025. Kaufmann (pictured) has held chief risk officer positions across the reinsurance and insurance sectors...

An overhaul of rules for insurance brokers in the UAE aims to remove outliers but advisers fear they do not go far enough in tackling poor practice, writes Owain Thomas.   Insurance...

The sunny Mr Blue Sky, the crowd pleasing Thunderstruck and even the Fairytale of New York feature among advisers' top choices of go-to songs when they want to reduce stress. To mark...

Dentists’ Provident distributed £7.9m as bonuses to its members in 2024 according to its annual report, released this week. That represented an increase of £400,000 over 2023, when the bonus was £7.5m...

PartnerRe’s life and health business, is the latest firm to join the Association of British Insurers (ABI).  PartnerRe helps insurance companies manage risk, stabilise earnings and grow their business through reinsurance solutions...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added MetLife UK to its protection proposition. Rosemount network members will have access to the entire MetLife UK range, encompassing the EverydayProtect, ChildShield and MortgageSafe products. EverydayProtect...