Appointments / Industry

A year on from taking the helm as Simplyhealth's CEO, Paul Schreier (pictured), speaks to Health & Protection about why purpose and potential were key factors for him becoming the firm's CEO...

Legal & General broke the £1bn in retail protection claims barrier in 2024 which included approving income protection (IP) and critical illness (CI) claims that had been on risk for just a...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has added Empath_AI as its tenth new member of 2025. Research shows that up to one-third of callers to regulated contact centres may have unidentified vulnerabilities....

Almost all life cover applications with asthma, back pain and osteoarthritis disclosures were instantly accepted by insurers in 2024. The findings, taken from UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform Pulse Report 2024, showed that life...

Insurers play an important role in helping employees to get back to work quicker, according to research from Vitality.  The research showed that of the insurance advisers polled, a total of 85% say that...

The protection sector has come together to launch Business Protection focus week which will run between 2 and 6 June. Stuart Halliwell, owner of Stuart Halliwell Consultants, explained that the focus week...

Protection industry veteran, Angela Davidson, speaks to Health & Protection about why she's retiring after 20 years of advising on protection, what still needs to be done to close the protection gap...

Almost two thirds (62%) of health and protection advisers believe finding cover for clients with pre-existing medical conditions is “difficult," according to research from The Exeter. The survey of 250 UK financial...

Axa Global Healthcare China and HSBC broker-Pinnacle China have announced an alliance to offer international private medical insurance (IPMI) to high-net-worth (HNW) clients in China.  Pinnacle China, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

Allianz Partners has appointed Ivan Komandny as head of insurer network management. His remit includes overseeing the Allianz Partners health and benefits network Komandny has had more than 20 years in the...