Appointments / Industry

HM Revenue & Customs' Insurance Premium Tax take stood at £853m in January 2025, bringing the 10-month total for the 2024/25 financial year to a record £7.6bn. According to this morning’s HMRC...

Scottish Widows reported a significant increase in new protection applications from advisers and higher take-up from its mortgage customer base in 2024. However, it also increased provision for potential motor finance commission...

Tim Bliss has joined Genomics as director of business development. Bliss had spent a decade at Axa Health before leaving in November to take on a new position which has now been...

Zurich UK has seen life protection gross written premiums (GWP) climb 8%, according to its full-year results for the year to 31 December 2024. The insurer posted life protection gross written premium...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has provided members with access to 4C Platform, an online tool that helps in fact-finding, application and onboarding of private medical insurance (PMI). The...

The OneFamily Group has appointed Claire Anam as senior business development manager for its life insurance brand, Beagle Street. Working within distribution director Holly Ewing’s team, Anam will report directly to Adam...

Women lag behind men when it comes to workplace wellbeing and health insurance is seen as a much desired benefit, according to a report from YuLife. The provider's Getting Workplace Wellbeing Right...

Johnny Timpson (pictured) and a group of high profile of authors have combined to a launch a guide aimed at identifying the support advice firms can give disabled consumers and people in...

More than half (56%) of Brits would not know what they would cut back on if they could not earn their regular income through illness or injury. Of those who did identify...

The United Kingdom ranks 33rd in a new study on the countries with the longest life expectancy, far behind top-ranked Hong Kong. The top three countries for life expectancy are all in...