Appointments / Industry

Compensation paid to customers of failed insurance distribution firms fell by around £1m last year while claims made against intermediary firms were slashed in half. Data from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme...

The OneFamily Group has appointed Feryal Nadeem as chief risk officer. Nadeem joins on 12 August, subject to regulatory approval. An actuary, she has worked with Equitable Life, Swiss Life and the...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reviewing the previous Conservative government's New Hospital Programme and has dropped its plan to cap lifetime social care costs at £86,000. She also confirmed the next Budget will...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is calling on firms to suggest rules which could be eliminated or simplified if they are already covered by the Consumer Duty. The call comes as the...

Royal London has overhauled its protection underwriting for cancer survivors with some applications for those who had early stage tumours now being available on standard terms. The changes enable Royal London to...

Employers are prioritising health and wellbeing support for their staff while employees rank financial wellbeing as their most pressing concern, according to research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW). Its survey of 131...

Euro-Center has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. Since 2009, Euro-Center which operates in the fields of medical assistance, travel assistance and insurance claims handling,...

Pivotal Growth has acquired advice firm Charleston Financial Services. The transaction has been granted Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulatory approval. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Charleston is a mortgage and...

Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony later today, Holly Hill, associate director at protection advice firm John Lamb Hill Oldridge, speaks to Health & Protection about how London 2012...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been told to make "radical" improvements in performance after an independent review uncovered "significant" internal failings hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care...