Compliance & Regulation

Wes Streeting has been appointed health secretary in a series of Cabinet appointments made be the country's new prime minister Sir Keir Starmer. Following Labour's general election win this morning, Starmer turned...

Learning lessons from Continental Europe and removing restrictive legislation so that mutuals can compete on a level playing field are some of the ways the new Labour government can achieve its goal...

Labour's right to switch off will boost worker wellbeing and productivity, according to the interim CEO of not-for-profit health and wellbeing provider BHSF. The right to switch off is the concept that...

Driving down NHS wait times and tackling the burden placed on business owners - including insurance premium tax (IPT) are among the key areas advisers would like the country's prime minister to...

A protection adviser standing as a candidate for Reform UK has complained about Health & Protection’s Pride coverage, arguing that hearing from the LGBTQ+ community is not for a professional publication.  Mark...

Evelyn Partners has been appointed as administrator to controversial life insurer DeadHappy which had more than 25,000 active customer policies. The administrator told customers that all policies remain valid following its appointment...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has argued against a rigid, "one-size-fits-all" approach to regulating equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within the financial services industry.  When it comes to regulating EDI within the...

Luke McKeown, senior product governance consultant at Royal London, speaks to Health & Protection about remaining continued bias perceptions, genuine change taking hold in tackling unconscious bias and why the sector needs...

The NHS needs a further £38bn in funding to improve levels of service, according to the Health Foundation. The think tank's REAL Centre projects a potential £38bn shortfall in the funding needed...

Social media, and particularly TikTok, is a great tool to engage Gen Z (young people born between 1997 and 2012) but providers need to be careful that posts about protection do not...