Appointments / Industry

The Exeter reported a loss of £4.26m for 2025, an improvement on the £8.51m deficit it posted in 2024, as claims and adviser commission rose across its health and protection products. However,...

Eleven members of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) approved more than 92% of new income protection (IP) claims made in 2025. Furthermore, AFM members increased IP sales by around 7%, selling...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is preparing a “multimedia multi-year” campaign to educate consumers about key terms and elements of insurance products. The trade body revealed the plans at a House...

Advice firm ExpatInsure is opening a new office in Larnaca, Cyprus. The move enables it to establish a base in the EU and a platform from which to expand its international health...

Shepherds Friendly has appointed Laura Gauden as head of sales with a brief to grow the mutual society’s intermediary partnerships. Gauden (pictured) brings more than 20 years of mortgage and insurance intermediary...

Sam Traynor, product development and pricing actuary at Shepherds Friendly, speaks to Health & Protection about encountering presumptive people early in his working life in another sector, his more positive experience in...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has formed a Professional Communities Advisory Board (PCAB) to help shape it’s work and strategic priorities. The board features senior leaders from across claims, underwriting and advisory...

Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as prime minister and leader of the Labour party following several weeks of turmoil. Former mayor of Manchester and newly-elected MP for Makerfield Andy Burnham has confirmed...

Beagle Street has launched its first two protection products into the intermediary market – life insurance and critical illness (CI) plans. Health & Protection has key details of the products - which...

Rising medical inflation should be seen as an opportunity to make private medical insurance (PMI) products relevant for modern consumer needs, according to Jenny Nye. The head of proposition for Aviva Health...