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Beagle Street has formally launched into the advised protection market with its first life insurance and critical illness (CI) products. The launch follows a pilot with a group of intermediaries, whose feedback...

Half of GPs support the principle of giving patients a choice of where they receive their NHS treatment, however many report difficulties in the process. This included NHS structures, a lack of...

John Hilson, COO risk director, Axa UK and Ireland, speaks to Health & Protection about passive engagement with Pride, the importance of inclusive language and why the past two years has put...

Aviva is transitioning more than 80% of medical examinations from traditional doctor examinations to nurse-led medical screenings. The insurer said the changes to its non-medical underwriting limits aimed to make the process...

Trulydata will include the Acclaim payment system within its three insurance administration platforms. Acclaim’s global payment capabilities are now embedded directly within Trulydata’s Care, Invest, and AMS platforms. The firms said this...

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is no excuse for obstructing vulnerable protection customers from accessing added value services. This is according to protection industry veteran and Morgan Ash chairman Johnny Timpson (pictured),...

Fairer Finance has warned of a ‘hollowing out’ of private medical insurance (PMI) and protection products to facilitate distribution through price comparison websites. James Daley, managing director of the consumer group, warned...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published new guidance to support insurance and personal finance firms in managing data relating to customers in vulnerable circumstances.  The Data Privacy for Customers in Vulnerable...

The Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) new UK captive insurance regime will go live in the middle of next year. This is according to Shoib Khan, director of insurance supervision at the Bank...

While overall income protection (IP) applications and volumes have increased 7% and 56%, respectively, year-on-year, the market still faces a protection gap that remains "stubbornly large". This is according to the third...