Appointments / Industry

Benefits payable from stand-alone registered group life pension schemes will be exempt from inheritance tax (IHT) changes, the government has clarified. This aligns with the treatment of retirement benefit schemes that provide...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will undergo a series of significant reforms aimed at returning it to its original purpose of being a “simple, impartial dispute resolution service“. This will include a...

Swiss Re is completing its withdrawal from the IptiQ business. The reinsurer has reached an agreement to sell the Americas business, subject to regulatory approvals, and will run-off the EMEA life and...

LifeSearch is providing Skipton Building Society members with life and wider protection insurance advice. The move comes as the society moves from a single-tie arrangement to a broker model. Skipton’s members will...

Certua Life has entered the UK individual life insurance market with a group offering expected to follow. The company told Health & Protection that it will operate on a non-advised basis and...

Protection insurance providers need to shake-up how they report critical illness claims statistics to better reflect the realities of their customers. This is according to Adam Higgs, head of protection at St...

Advisers should overcome objections from compliance teams over recommending two joint life policies by focusing on the value to the end customer rather than the cost. This is according to Clive Mayne,...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England dropped to 7.2 million at the end of January, according to official data. This was the third consecutive month with a...

Seven in ten consumers have not seen or heard anything about income protection (IP) or critical illness (CI) in the last year and views are often based on flase assumptions, according to CIExpert’s...

CIExpert’s Single Is Best campaign is making inroads with most consumers saying single policies offer better overall protection and value when advisers clearly outline the benefits, according to the firm's Critical Thinking 2026...