Appointments / Industry

Royal London has appointed Isabel Hudson as a non-executive director and as chairwoman of The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited with effect from 10 February 2025. Hudson (pictured) succeeds Lynne Peacock,...

The qualities required to succeed as a financial adviser held Tamworth number 8, Ben Milnes, in good stead as the midfield dynamo and his team took on Tottenham Hotspur in the FA...

Consumer satisfaction with insurers has fallen slightly to 84% in the last quarter of 2024, down from 86% a year earlier, according to data published today by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)...

Flexibility appears to be the key watchword when it comes to relocating employees at the start of this new year. This extends to employees on assignment requiring greater work/life balance to mitigate...

Pivotal Growth has acquired Business Protection Solutions (UK) Limited (BPS), a business protection insurance broker based in Northern Ireland, for an undisclosed sum. BPS offers a range of products, including shareholder protection...

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) is calling on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to reform its Consumer Duty product value/fair value assessment regime due to an "unnecessary" burden on broker productivity....

The average cost of a simple attended funeral in the UK is now at an all-time high of £4,285, representing an annual increase of 3.5% – according to the latest SunLife Cost...

Gallagher has promoted Michelle Bishop to the role of global practice leader.  Bishop was previously the EU team leader, multinational benefits and HR consulting and growth leader global risk solutions COE, a...

Allan Sixpence, managing partner at Risk Experts Underwriting Managers in Zimbabwe speaks to Health & Protection about his career in international private medical insurance, the difficulty of maintaining policy value in an...

National Friendly has added an option to include sickness cover to its Friendly Shield product. Launched last summer, Friendly Shield provides essential, non-underwritten cover for unforeseen eventualities. The new sickness option includes...