Appointments / Industry

Vitality is openly considering using strategies to offset the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technology on the environment, the insurer revealed. However the 'acute' problem of the vast energy volumes used by...

Barry Waring, the chairman of Raising The Profile for group risk trade body Grid has launched BW Consulting Limited, after leaving YuLife following six years with the business. Waring (pictured) was with...

The Interesting Life Company has launched the Interesting Life Agent (ISLA), a digital tool designed to help advisers quickly predict, understand and explain underwriting decisions. ISLA, developed by The Interesting Life Company...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is hopeful that exits and entries into the protection insurance market will drive “dynamism,” but the regulator is also alive to the risks of protection gaps emerging....

The boards of OneFamily and Scottish Friendly have announced proposals to merge, bringing together two mutual life assurance providers with almost £10bn assets under management and serving more than 2.3m members across...

The government has unveiled a national cancer plan which aims to ensure three quarters of people diagnosed with cancer from 2035 onwards are cancer-free or living well after five years.   Under the...

Too many people lack protection cover for when things go wrong, according to Sarah Pritchard, deputy CEO at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). However the regulator confirmed it will be investigating income...

Pensions minister Torsten Bell (pictured) has ruled out auto-enrolment for private medical insurance (PMI). The subject of auto-enrolment for workplace health benefits has been raised following the publication of the Labour government...

National Friendly has promoted Duncan Reeves to become its first chief operating officer (COO). It said the role was being designed to accelerate the mutual's technology-led growth strategy. Reeves (pictured) joined National...

HSBC Life’s closure to new protection business leaves the market bereft of a strong brand which offered instant underwriting decisions and a "market leading" critical illness plan, advisers told Health & Protection....