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How advisers are playing a vital role in making individuals see the value of critical illness cover – analysis
This summer saw a change in government but many of the prevailing trends affecting the nations finances remain, including the ongoing cost of living crisis and a slow mortgage market. Due to...
Read moreRoss Walker leaves Cigna Healthcare and returns to Hong Kong
Ross Walker, chief commercial officer at Cigna Global Individual Health and based in Dubai, has left Cigna and will be returning to Hong Kong. Walker (pictured) worked at Cigna Healthcare for 13 years, starting...
Read moreResolution Life taps Swiss Re for president as CEO Cowdery prepares to step down
Clive Cowdery, founder, chairman and CEO of life insurance group Resolution Life, is expected to step down from the CEO role in 2026, as the company appoints Moses Ojeisekhoba as president with...
Read moreIntroducing… Ava Embaie, Equipsme
Ava Embaie, customer success manager at Equipsme, speaks to Health & Protection about bouncing back after redundancy earlier in her career, taking inspiration from her dad to start her career in start-ups...
Read morePhoenix Group discontinues SunLife sale due to protection market ‘uncertainty’
Phoenix Group is discontinuing its sale of SunLife due to "uncertainty" in the protection market. In its half year 2024 results announcement, released this morning, the group describes SunLife, which provides financial...
Read moreSyrona Health and Perci Health develop cancer care solution for insurers and employers
Digital health platform Syrona Health and Perci Health have joined forces to offer a cancer care solution for insurers and employers. Syrona Health offers gender-inclusive healthcare services for different life stages, while Perci...
Read moreUK and US insurers may need to adapt to ongoing increased mortality – Swiss Re
Insurers may need to adapt their underwriting philosophies, risk appetite, and mortality assumptions in pricing and reserving to account for an ongoing increase in mortality rates in the UK and US since...
Read moreFCA protection probe a pre-emptive strike with much to like – Müdd
I cannot be alone in being a little surprised by the FCAs publication of MS24: Market Study into the Distribution of Pure Protection Products to Retail Consumers, following on so closely, from...
Read moreNew Leaf Health joins AMII as corporate member
New Leaf Health has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. New Leaf Health has been providing workplace wellbeing services since 1996 and was one of...
Read moreAxa Health CEO Heather Smith interview: Claims inflation falling ‘significantly’, introducing self-service for claimants and resetting relations with doctors
Axa Health CEO Heather Smith says the insurer can “see inflation coming down significantly” and has outlined the plan for progressing its new digital platform. Smith is also pleased the insurer made...
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Global medical inflation 2026: What’s driving costs and how employers can stay ahead – UnitedHealthcare Global
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Introducing… Fraser Bartholomew, WTW
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Tailoring products for diverse needs and ‘being braver’ key to closing health and protection gaps – analysis
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WPA promotes Kathryn Vellacott to drive distribution and product proposition
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Impett replaces retiring Andrews as Vitality director of corporate business
