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Advisers should consider breadth of coverage, pay out amounts, gender specific risks and children's cover when determining whether critical illness policies offer fair value. This is according to Natalie Mayne, creative director...

Nuffield Health appoints chief commercial officer Nuffield Health has appointed Chris Gowland as chief commercial officer. Gowland (pictured) has spent most of his career with Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), most recently as...

The Protect Association marked its 25th anniversary by honouring chairman Steve Devine for the work that he had done to build the association along with his late partner David Taylor.  Looking forward,...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Kay Swinburne as independent chairperson.   She succeeds Nicky Morgan who was the first person to hold the role.  The position of independent chairperson...

Bupa Global, has opened its first office in Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya.   It will be led by a new CEO and principal officer, Uditha Jayaratne.  The development follows the approval...

Anchoring conversations to clients maintaining their long term life goals can dramatically increase the amount of protection cover advisers write. This is according to the Protection Coach, Matt Chapman, who challenged advisers...

British Friendly paid 86% of new income protection (IP) claims last year and more than £5m to its members in income protection, discretionary BF care and fracture cover claims in 2024.  ...

Protection advisers need to shift the focus of their client conversations from cost to value. This is according to Britney Trussler, protection manager at Dynamo (pictured), who also told ProtectX9's audience that...

Good fair value assessments must tell a credible story using data, according to James Daley, managing director at Fairer Finance (pictured), Daley told ProtectX9's audience that they should include a proper benchmarking...

Equipsme has appointed Stuart Reid as chairman of the board. Reid (pictured) founded Stuart Alexander in 1993 and led its sale to Axa. He was CEO and executive chairman of Bluefin, and...