Appointments / Industry

Protection new business sales in the first quarter of the year were broadly in line with the corresponding period of 2025, declining by just 242 policies sold, according to Gen Re. The...

Many SME employers are largely unaware of the business protection market but adviser partnerships with accountants are key to closing that gap and growing the sector. A new report from Scottish Widows...

Royal London has seen its protection sales soar 66.7% in the first half of the year following income protection product updates and continued momentum in its high net-worth business. It also noted...

Legal & General protection sales grew significantly during the first half of 2026 due to an increase in margin and completions, the insurer reported. There was a near equal split between retail...

While most people earning the UK’s average wage or below do not take out private medical insurance (PMI), they are open to going private, according to Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) research....

Work Health Experts has joined group risk industry body Grid. Siera Torontow, managing director and co-founder of Work Health Experts, said: “We help reduce risk at source by building leadership capability, improving...

There is scope for the insurance market to take a greater role in the social care and long-term care markets, key industry leaders have told Health & Protection. This would require the...

Omni Protect has been chosen by Walsham Brothers as its first distribution partner. The distributor's firms will have access to Walsham Brothers’s mortgage payment protection Insurance (MPPI) range, designed to cover the...

Chancellor of the exchequer John Healey has confirmed the Autumn Budget will take place on 28 October. In a video message Healey committed to a Budget that would “kickstart growth in every...

Mairead McLean has joined Axa Health as senior propositions manager. McLean moves from Cigna where she was sales effectiveness senior analyst, having first joined as a sales executive. Announcing her appointment, she...