Economy

The average household will be around £500 better off in real terms by 2028-29 with those on lower incomes seeing the greatest uplift, according to analysis by HM Treasury (HMT) published as...

Ministers are set to announce that around 1.3 million people on low wages who find themselves ill are expected to either receive 80% of their average weekly earnings or the rate of...

Employees under 35 are more likely than older colleagues to see the benefits of office-based work, according to research from Vitality’s Britain’s Healthiest Workplace.  The research shows that young workers are heading...

The Labour government is launching an independent commission to reform adult social care in England but has been told it must act quicker or risk repeating previous failures in the sector. Crossbench...

The year of 2024 will be remembered across the UK and international health and protection insurance markets as one of major changes and industry turbulence. Here are the most read articles from...

Our final review of the year looks back at Q4 2024 when the Health & Protection Awards 2024 returned, as did Scottish Widows to the world of income protection, Bupa aimed to...

Health & Protection produced three in-depth reports during 2024 covering the international private medical insurance (IPMI), individual PMI and individual protection markets. Strong growth in the PMI market, rising optimism in the...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts reached £6.65bn for the first eight months of 2024-25, taking it ahead of receipts from Tobacco Tax for the year so far. If that trend continues it...

Inheritance Tax (IHT) revenues hit £5.7bn in the eight months to the end of November – up £600m or roughly 10.5% compared to the same period last year, according to the latest...

Emergenzz Financial Services managing partner and CEO Sheun Oke is already brainstorming for her third book which will support advisers new to the industry, after launching her second title, The Book on...